Request healthy snacks for class parties

Request healthy snacks for class parties.
Urge your school store to sell healthy snacks, such as fresh fruits, cut-up vegetables and dried fruit in place of candy, sweets, and chips.
Order 5 A Day brochures and posters from the 5 A Day Catalog and distribute in your school cafeteria.
Suggest a show-n-tell event where each student brings in a favorite fruit or vegetable and explains how it is prepared and eaten in their family.
Ask your teachers to include a special segment on 5 A Day in their curriculum. (Teachers: click here for 5 A Day Curricula in the Educators’ section).
Ask your school cafeteria to serve more fruits and vegetables during 5 A Day Week. Suggest that they set up a produce/salad bar. Click here to find out more.
Teachers: reward your students with 5 A Day stickers. (Click here to order online or click here to request a catalog from Produce for Better Health Foundation 1-888-391-2100).
Plan a fundraising event that sells fresh citrus in place of candy bars. (Click here for more fundraising information).
Ask that vending machines include 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices and fresh fruits, such as apples and oranges. (Click here for suggested vendors).
School foodservice workers can download this free Foodservice Kit from the National Cancer Institute. Please note: it may take a while for this file to download. The file is in PDF format.