School Fundraising and Events: healthy options for the whole community
Get ideas and feel inspired by this ACT school who made sure healthier food and drink choices were available at their school events.
School events and activities are a great opportunity to promote and model healthy eating and good nutrition. Children learn from what is going on around them.
It’s important to promote consistent messages across every area of school to show children the importance of being healthy and to develop positive lifelong habits.
Schools involved in Fresh Tastes may be focusing on the ‘Food For Sale’ action area to ensure there are always healthier choices available at school events and fundraisers.
If your school isn’t yet involved in Fresh Tastes, contact us today.
Getting Involved
So, how can you get involved to support your school have healthy food and drink choices at school events and for fundraising?
Teachers:
- Find out who is your school’s Fresh Tastes Coordinator and join your school’s Fresh Tastes action group.
- Encourage parents to provide healthier options for class celebrations by sending home the ideas from the resources above, or just have one celebration per month where each child’s birthday in that month is acknowledged.
- During a lesson, ask students to come up with healthier options for school events and get them to promote these ideas to the school community.
- Support your school’s efforts to promote healthier choices at events and during fundraising by role-modelling how to make a healthy choice for your students.
Parents:
- Organise a healthy fundraising activity for your child’s school. Check out the Healthy Fundraising and Think Outside the Snag guides for ideas.
- Complete the I’m Alert online food safety training if you’re planning on volunteering to cook and sell food during an event at your child’s school.
- Support the school’s efforts to promote healthier choices at events and during fundraising by purchasing them for your family when you can.