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Ensuring Healthy Meals during the Summer Helps Kids Head Back to Class Ready to Learn

August 27, 2014 Terri Romine-Ortega, Public Affairs Specialist, FNS Southwest Region

Children who live in the Franklin Vista Apartments in Anthony, N.M., didn’t have to walk far to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch this summer, thanks to Gadsden ISD Food Service Director Demetrious Giovas. He made sure children there were able to gather under the covered porch of the apartment...

Food and Nutrition

Yes, We Have No Bananas

February 10, 2012 Terri Romine-Ortega, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Region Public Affairs Specialist

We left the cool warehouse with sticky shoes and smelling of spoiled bananas, but also with a warm feeling for having helped the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas ensure healthy, fresh food for their clients. Hundreds of cases of bananas had been donated, but when food bank staff checked the produce...

Food and Nutrition

Making the Right Connections in New Mexico

December 07, 2011 Bill Ludwig, FNS Southwest Regional Administrator

The No Kid Hungry New Mexico Campaign, an initiative of the New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger, is gaining partners and momentum. The campaign is less than a year old, but already progress has been made on the 2011 goals: Increasing participation in the summer meals program, school breakfast...

Food and Nutrition

Hunger: A Broken Street Light

December 05, 2011 Terri Romine-Ortega, public affairs specialist, FNS Southwest Region

Like a broken street light, childhood hunger impacts the well-being of the community and will only be fixed when the local community recognizes it, takes an interest, and decides to address it. When those who care come together, pool their talents, and take advantage of available resources, things...

Food and Nutrition

Key Partnerships Help Fewer Kids Go Hungry in Arkansas

November 21, 2011 Bill Ludwig, regional administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Region

I was privileged to be part of a recent celebration in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe hosted a press conference with Share Our Strength and the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance to announce the achievements of the first year of their state-wide campaign to end childhood hunger...

Food and Nutrition

Students Fuel Up to Play 60 in San Antonio

November 18, 2011 Bill Ludwig, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Regional Administrator

I recently joined Jackson Middle School students in San Antonio, Texas, to help kick-off their Fuel Up to Play 60 program. The timing was right since September was National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.

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Clinic on Wheels Reaches Communities Once Isolated from WIC Clinics

May 10, 2011 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Region
Public Affairs Specialist

More than 112,000 Rio Grande Valley moms, infants and children depend on the nutritional benefits provided by WIC - the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants and Children. The four counties that make up the Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy) have done a good job of...

Food and Nutrition

Share Our Strength Kicks Off No Kid Hungry in New Orleans

November 19, 2010 Bill Ludwig, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Southwest Regional Administrator

I had the honor of participating in the kick-off of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 12. I say it was an honor because of the importance of the project and the dedication and sincerity of the partners who have come together to make it happen.

Food and Nutrition

Michelle Obama Praises Schools in Louisiana for Taking the HealthierUS School Challenge

September 10, 2010 Bill Ludwig, FNS Southwest Regional Administrator

I just took part in an exciting event at Brock Elementary School in Slidell, Louisiana. The school proudly hosted a visit by First Lady Michelle Obama on September 8, when she spoke about her Let’s Move! initiative and the importance of a healthy lifestyle for kids. As you can imagine, the school...

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