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Volume 5

Aug/Sept/Oct

2016

WELCOME BACK 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR School has started in full force for the

2016-17 school year. Sodexo has

been in partnership with Morrow

County School District going on the

5th year. Since September 2012,

Sodexo has provided healthy meals

for students and staff. Breakfast and

lunch provide several choices of

entrees and a wide variety of fruits and

vegetables, & includes milk. Meals

are supplied for all Morrow County

schools, K-12th grade, under the

National School Lunch Program, which

includes School Breakfast program.

Other student meals are served to

Head start, ECSE, and Kindergarten

Readiness programs at AC Houghton

and Sam Boardman. These children

range in ages 3– 5 years old. In addi-

tion to meals served during the school

day, after-school suppers are provided

as soon as those enrichment classes

start.

I’m Kim Putman, Food Services

Director, and I invite you to have

breakfast and lunch with your children

and check out the amazing Food

Services staff and programs we

provide in order to give your children

nutritious meals every day. You are

welcome to contact me at 541-481-

2526 Ext. 2726 or email at

Kim.Putman@morrow.k12.or us.

Have a great school year!!

Oregon Department of Educa�on Nutri�on Farm to School Grant

In September, 2015, Morrow Co SD was awarded funds to purchase Oregon produced or processed food

under SB 501 non-compe ve Farm to School Grant for reimbursement of Oregon grown or processed food.

This award amount was calculated by taking the 50% of the award amount for the non-compe ve grant for

this school year, and dividing it by all of the Na onal School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches served by those

School Food Authori es that opted in for this grant for this school year. This is the 2nd year for this grant.

The period for this grant is from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The Award for Morrow County School

District is:

The process to receive the grant money is to go through all the Sodexo vendor invoices to see what items

meet the criteria of Oregon grown or processed. There is a spreadsheet to fill and submit to the Oregon De-

partment of Educa on. MCSD received the reimbursement. There are several items that are purchased that

meet this criteria.

Source Index # Amount

ODE Budget GIA 27506 $3151.81

SB5507 One- me 27533 $7413.89

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Nutri�on News August—October 2016

Your Student’s Lunch Account What you need to know Managing your Student’s Account

Did you know you can:

Get an account history from the Nutri�on

Services office or the school Cook.

Limit purchase to complete breakfast or

lunch meals & restrict ala carte purchases.

Nega�ve Balance Procedures

Here’s what to expect if your student has a

nega ve balance on their lunch

account:

*Nega�ve balance phone calls by our Phone

Home system will be generated. ***

*Students with a nega&ve balance will be

allowed to purchase a complete lunch, but

will not be allowed to purchase ala carte

items un&l the account is reconciled.

*Students who surpass a nega�ve $10 bal-

ance will be offered an emergency lunch

which includes a cheese sandwich, milk and

choice of fruit and

vegetable.

***If you wish to NOT receive calls, call Kim

at 541-481-2526 Ext. 2726

Pre-Pay for your Student’s Lunches

Pre-payments can be made by:

*Sending cash or checks payable to Morrow

County School District to the school cafete-

ria. For checks, include “students name”

on the notes line to ensure the check is de-

posited into your student’s lunch account.

(There is no handling fee for cash or check

payments). If a check comes back NSF,

charges will apply. Receipts are available

upon request.

*Online payments coming soon

Accounts with a posi�ve balance at the end

of the year will carry over into the next

year.

Free & Reduced Price Meal Applica�ons

You may apply or reapply for free or reduced

price meals any me throughout the year. If

your student was approved for free or reduced

in 2015-2016 school year, you must re-apply by

October 20, 2016. Parent/guardians are re-

sponsible for any charges that occur during the

approval process which may take up to 10 days.

If you have a decrease in household income,

increase in household size or receive Basic Food,

TANF, or FDPIR, you may be eligible for assis-

tance.

Applica ons can be found on the

Resources/Links-Food Services page of the

MCSD website.

Ques�ons??? Please contact Autumn Morgan

at 541-676-9128 ext. 2022.

School lunch with a new USDA item of baked

skinless chicken, mashed potatoes w/country gravy,

spinach, carrots, whole wheat roll, and milk

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Every day, 21 million students are able to enjoy a nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunch during the school year. That’s compared to only 3.5 million children who receive summer meals. Sodexo created Feeding Our Future to help close the summer meal gap and ensure kids get the nutritious meals they need to thrive.

Since 1997, the program has provided over 4.6 million meals to children nationwide. Feeding Our Future owes its success to the longstanding partnerships between Sodexo, our client and vendor partners, and local hunger-relief organizations.

This summer, Feeding Our Future will provide 400,000 free meals to kids in 24 cities across the U.S. Learn more about Stop Hunger and how you can get in-volved at www.SodexoFoundation.org.

Welcome to the Clubhouse!

We Asked …

We talked to kids around the country to find out what

was important to them related to their lunch experience

at school. The results were priceless!

While curious about experiences (new flavors, playing

games, etc.), most spoke to the preference for creature

comforts, with common themes of “Food, Friends &

Fun.”

They Answered …

We followed that up by creating 3 different potential

programs, and reconvened our focus groups to get their

feedback - The Clubhouse was the overwhelming

favorite.

To further validate our efforts, we talked to the kids at

our pilot site installations, and everyone loved it!

We Delivered …

The result is a program offer designed For Kids, By

Kids.

The Clubhouse provides incredible flexibility to

customize no matter what budget and/or facility

challenges we encounter, transforming any space into a

fun and engaging area that kids will look forward to

frequenting - and it’s not just about the décor. The

comprehensive support materials provide site staff clear

directions around food standards & customer service as

well – all designed to ensure a positive customer

experience for every student we serve!

For more information on The Clubhouse,

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One of the many added values with

Sodexo is the training opportunities

provided. So far this year:

8/12: Tyler Sis (point of sale) training New computer system to count meals,

track free & reduced applications.

8/24: Opening meeting for all Food

Service staff at the Sage Center. 8

hours covering food safety, physical

safety, nutrition programs and any

changes, Nutrition services policies

and procedures, point of sale meal

count system training and networking.

9/23: Professional Development

Day: Point of sale, Menu, Chef Dave

teaching bread products/presentation,

Ecolab chemical training, and network-

ing.

10/13-14: Sodexo sponsors an All

State training for all Head cooks in the state of Oregon. It was held in Eugene. Melissa Dunn and Kim Putman attended and there was various activi-ties like a Chef cooking competition, menu and production training, paper-work, and networking with other cooks in Oregon. Matt Upton was the keynote speaker.

Coming up: 12/9: Servsafe Training & Certification

Professional Development

MENUS AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION You are invited to access the Sodexo Nutrition Solutions website. You can

go directly to the site https://morrowcountysd.sodexomyway.com/

or access through the Morrow County School District website, resources

and links, food services, NUTRITION SOLUTIONS.

OSU taste testing

Sodexo and OSU’s (Oregon

State University) SNAP-Ed

program of Morrow and

Uma lla County are working

together to do taste tes ng

each month at the Boardman

and Irrigon elementary

schools. On October 18th we

were at AC Houghton, during

lunch. Featured was Breakfast

Pumpkin Cookies, See recipe

at this link:. hGps://

www.foodhero.org/recipes/

breakfast-pumpkin-

cookies). Students voted on

what they thought as follows:

Like: 172 Ok: 21 Don’t Like:7

Next event January 5th at

Irrigon Elementary

Blueberry Bling

Nutrition Services Staff

Top left to right: Caitlin Hearn, Teri Krogh, Michelle Osborne, Lori McCabe, Cindy Roberts, Kim Carlson, Lisa Potter, Crystal Hussey, Misty Bellamy, Barb Griffin-Tobie, Shannon Severns, Melissa Dunn, Myrtle Conlon, & Kim Putman. Not pictured Patty Brown.

OSU’s team

Right:

Alyssa Daltoso

Below:

Angie Treadwell

& Keenan Beil