Score Big with School Breakfast!
National School Breakfast Week is here! Milk is an important part of school breakfasts, providing a rich source of protein, calcium, and other minerals to help students start their day.
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Hindsight is 2020: Looking Back on the Year in Review
Oregon dairy farmers, processors and those in the dairy community proved to be resilient and rose to challenge after challenge in 2020.
Read moreGet Free Summer Meals for Oregon Kids and Teens
It’s summer! And the start of Free Summer Meals for all Oregon kids ages 1-18.
Read moreCounting Down Our Top 10 Stories in 2019
What do Girl Scouts, a former NFL player, ice cream, scholarships and pizza have in common? They all made this year’s top 10 list of our most popular stories on odncouncil.org. Join as we count down the top stories of 2019, and see if you can guess which one took the number one spot. You might be surprised. The order
Read moreHow We Celebrated June Dairy Month
Since 1937, June has been designated as a special month to celebrate milk and all things dairy. National Dairy Month is an annual tradition that recognizes the contributions the dairy industry has made to health and happiness around the world. Oregon has a lot to celebrate, and what better way to kick things off than World Milk Day? After all,
Read moreFormer NFL Player Tackles Dairy Farming For a Day
Over his 12-year career in the National Football League, Anthony Newman regularly faced finely-tuned athletes weighing more than 300 pounds. But it wasn’t until he visited a dairy farm that he came eye to eye with a finely-tuned 1,300 pounder – a Holstein cow at Rickreall Dairy. As a supporter of one of the nation’s largest in-school nutrition and physical
Read moreOregon Celebrates National School Breakfast Week
National School Breakfast Week (March 5 to 9) is a weeklong celebration of the School Breakfast Program, which provides millions of children a nutritious morning meal each school day. Dairy is an important part of those balanced, nutritious breakfasts, so the Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council helped organize events for Oregon schools. On Monday, Independence Elementary Schools’ fourth and fifth
Read moreBend School Assembly, Television Show Highlight Fuel Up to Play 60 Success
It’s the largest school nutrition and physical activity program in the country, and the positive impacts that Fuel Up to Play 60 has on students across Oregon were celebrated at a school assembly and on local television in Bend last month. Former NFL player Anthony Newman and Elk Meadow Elementary students teamed up to recognize the school’s student health and
Read moreDelivering Healthy Food and Activity to Schools
From the cafeteria to the playground, the classroom and in between, dairy has a vital role in schools across Oregon. At the end of June, Crista Hawkins was announced as Director of School Programs for ODNC. In this role, she is responsible for school health and wellness partnerships and programs like Fuel Up to Play 60. Fuel Up to Play
Read moreLiteracy Night at Houck Middle School Featured Former NFL Player Anthony Newman
As a defensive back in the National Football League, Anthony Newman’s job was to keep people from reaching the goal line, but during a special Literacy Night presentation at Houck Middle School in Salem, he was inspiring students to reach their goals. On Thursday, May 26, Newman joined Principal Mark Thompson to address a large group of students, parents and
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