Hope Lelesch, Rawls Byrd Cafeteria Manager, hold the awards she received at the School Nutrition Association of Virginia annual conference.  The Physical Activity and Nutrition Education award was given to the Williamsburg Chapter due in part to the efforts of SHIP (School Health Initiative Program).

One of the many creative bulletin boards created by SHIP and CNS managers and staff for Healthy Virginians/Healthy Students Week.  This one is at James Blair Middle School.

Child Nutrition Services staffers Laura Humphries and Shameka Brown at Clara Byrd ES stand by their creative display about running the bases for balanced meals.

JHS Students celebrate the start of CNS STEPPING OUT with fun, physical activities in the lunch room.  Students enjoyed hoola hoops, jump ropes, and more.  CNS STEPPING OUT is the new Child Nutrition Services Staff Wellness Program.  CNS Staff hope to role model physical activity to the children they serve each day.

The new, fresh salad bar at Jamestown High School is being enjoyed by Ms. Alanna Burns (JHS Media Specialist) and Lauren Freeland.  All high schools have salad bars opening in March 2009.  The salad bars are made possible by a partnership between Child Nutrition Services and the School Health Initiative Program (SHIP).  SHIP and the salad bars are funded by the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation. 

LHS Cafeteria Manager Dale Salisbury handmade this healthy cornucopia from bread dough to decorate the serving lines.

One of the many extra special things our Child Nutrition Services staff do with students:  Rawls Byrd Cafeteria Manager Hope Lelesch (center) offers cooking classes to special education students.  Teacher Wanda Rodriguez assists students Jesse Torre and Jalisa Butler with shaping dough.