National School Breakfast Week March 4-8, 2013

The School Nutrition Association (SNA) created the “Be a Star with School Breakfast” Campaign to highlight how eating a healthy balanced breakfast at school helps students shine. The campaign will help students learn about the importance of eating healthy and being active.
Resources and Tools
SNA’s Member resource website has menus, checklists, logos and activity sheets to help get your NSBW celebrations started.
School Breakfast T-shirt contest

This year students will have the opportunity to design their own school breakfast medal that highlights the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast.

Rise and Shine with Raffi and
a Healthy Breakfast
A Special Thank You to Raffi and the Centre for Child Honouring for
providing permission to use "Rise and Shine" to encourage a Healthy Breakfast.

*Children who eat breakfast have more energy.
*Children who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight.

*Children who eat breakfast concentrate better.

*Children who eat breakfast have higher grades in school.

*Children who skip breakfast may have learning and behavioral problems.

*Children who skip breakfast may develop nutritional deficiencies.

*Children who eat breakfast are Alert, Energized and Ready for a Brand New Day.

"Raffi" (Raffi Cavoukian), C.M., O.B.C.

Founder and Chair, Centre for Child Honouring

He is known to millions as "Raffi", a beloved songwriter and performer, author,
ecology advocate and founder of Centre for Child Honouring.
Child Honouring is a vision for creating a humane and sustainable
world by addressing the universal needs of children.

In his career, which spans three-decades, Raffi has refused all commercial endorsement offers, and Troubadour Music, his own company, has never directly advertised or marketed to children. He is a passionate advocate for a child’s right to live free of commercial exploitation.

      "We invite you to be a part of the global movement that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking societies."  - Raffi

To learn more about the Centre for Child Honouring, please visit the Centre for Child Honouring and join "the compassion revolution."