Salad Bar Mini-Grants Available

The National Council of Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators is pleased to announce a grant program to support Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools! This opportunity is possible through a collaborative project with our partners at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (CDC-DNPAO).

Eligible Applicants
State health agencies OR an entity designated and approved by the State Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinator (find your state Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinator on the www.astphnd.org website under Member Directory) NOTE: You must verify that state ASTPHND dues are current. Please read the application for details.

The purpose of the grant program is two pronged
1) Gather experiences from states and their partners on ways in which salad bars in schools may impact fruit and vegetable access and consumption and
2) Gain knowledge of the Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators’ role and training needs related to salad bars in schools.

This grant program will contribute to the work of the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools! initiative. Projects will receive up to $15,000.00 per award. Below are the application deadlines and important dates. To learn all of the details about the funding opportunity please go to our website at www.astphnd.org and look for the full announcement on the home page.
If after reading the application you have questions about the grant program please contact Joan Atkinson at joan@astphnd.org

Important Dates for the Grant Program:
Announce: March 1, 2011
Email of interest: April 1, 2011
Applications are due: By NOON Eastern Time, April 15, 2011
Awards are announced: May 2, 2011
Begin projects by: June 30, 2011
Complete projects by: December 31, 2011