The USDA has given 18 elementaries in Fayette County Public Schools grant money for fresh fruits and vegetables during the 2022-23 school year. The goal is to expand the variety of foods that children can sample and to increase the amount of fresh produce they eat. This federal program can make a difference in children’s diets and improve their present and future health.

All students and classroom teachers at these 18 schools will be offered a fresh fruit or vegetable at least twice a week outside of their normal meal periods:

• Arlington
• Booker T. Washington
• Breckinridge
• Cardinal Valley
• Coventry Oak
• Deep Springs
• Harrison
• James Lane Allen
• Julius Marks
• Lansdowne
• Mary Todd
• Millcreek
• Northern
• Russell Cave
• Southern
• Tates Creek
• William Wells Brown
• Yates

Contact: Mandi Allen in FCPS Child Nutrition, (859) 381-3834

Posted Oct. 14, 2022