Alliance names School Breakfast winners

The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance’s No Kid Hungry Arkansas campaign announced winners of the 2024 School Breakfast Month Challenge.

Categories and winners of the 2024 School Breakfast Month Challenge are:

LARGEST INCREASE IN BREAKFAST PARTICIPATION (comparing March 2023 to March 2024): First Prize: North Little Rock School District; Second Prize: Monticello School District; Third Prize: Paris School District.

START OR RESTART BREAKFAST AFTER THE BELL: Sheridan School District.

MOST INNOVATIVE SCHOOL BREAKFAST MONTH PROMOTION: Lonoke School District.

“We want to recognize the determined efforts of these schools and all Arkansas school nutrition teams across the state, who work hard to provide nutritious meals to their students,” according to a news release.

For over a decade, the Alliance has partnered with the Arkansas Governor’s office and key child health and education advocates to proclaim March as School Breakfast Month and challenge school districts to increase school breakfast participation.

“It’s important to encourage school nutrition teams who are working hard to provide the most nutritious foods in creative ways,” said Vivian Nicholson, breakfast program director for the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. “It’s no secret that school breakfast equals success and we want to recognize schools that go the extra mile.”

Participating schools were eligible to win funds for their child nutrition programs.

“We appreciate our partners at the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Child Nutrition Unit and the Arkansas School Nutrition Association for their support,” according to the release.