I'm in Orange County, CA, so the ANA flight from SJC - NRT was a logical choice, with a positioning flight to get
from SNA - SJC.
My trip to Tokyo started with a quick positioning flight on Southwest
from SNA - SJC.
The SNA Political Action Committee (SNA PAC) raises funds
from SNA members and contributes funds to federal elected officials in accordance with Federal Elections Commission rules in order to educate members of Congress about the child nutrition programs and thank the members of Congress who continue to support the child nutrition programs year after year.
Come and hear
from SNA's State Agency Representative, the State Agency Committee members and USDA officials on what to expect with the re-authorization of this landmark child nutrition law.
My first inclination was to suspect influence
from the SNA's food industry sponsors; after all, the organization's largest donors include Domino's, PepsiCo and General Mills.
SNA's 2015 Position Paper was developed with input from a member survey of more than 1,100 meal program operators from 49 states and ongoing feedback
from SNA committees, state affiliates, regional representatives and comment blogs.
You will learn about new resources
from SNA, designed to help you promote your school meal program and boost participation.
The state competition is simple — in 2015, State Associations will compete with the other State Associations in their division, and at the end of the year the association with the highest percentage participation by individual contributors (of $ 10 or more
from an SNA member) is the winner for that division.
There are two additional Webinar Wednesday topics
from SNA in 2016 you won't want to miss, plus our partners at FRAC have some great education sessions on the schedule as well.
Nonetheless, despite this pressure
from the SNA board, 86 courageous school food directors still stepped forward to sign.
Getting your Certificate in School Nutrition
from SNA shows your commitment to your profession.
The survey netted responses from 515 SNA director - level members representing 515 unique districts
from all SNA regions.
-LSB-...] instead sought increased funding from Congress, SNA CEO Patti Montague offered the same response I received months ago
from SNA spokesperson Diane Pratt - Heavner, i.e., that the SNA «was told» that such a -LSB-...]
Navigating Professional Standards (Repeat) Join representatives
from SNA's Education Committee and Certificate & Credentialing Governing Council to gain ideas, tips and insights for how to navigate the professional standards requirements effective July 1.
According to a PowerPoint presentation
from the SNA's 2013 Legislative Action Conference, called «The Perpetual Problem of Unpaid Meal Charges», the USDA says student nutrition programs are under no obligation to feed children whose parents will not pay.
Watch SNA President Lynn Harvey introduce the latest news
from SNA in this new update video.
If you missed our recent Partners for BIC webinar about the grant opportunity, don't worry — the archived version is now online, along with other OnDemand webinars
from SNA.
On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 2 p.m. ET, you'll hear
from SNA's Director of Media Relations, Diane Pratt - Heavner, as well as the President of CJ Public Relations, Elizabeth Cowles Johnston, as they impart strategies to help you manage media requests to positively promote your program.
Don't forget to check out new shareable content
from SNA to help you positively promote your school meal program during SNEW, and all year; visit the School Lunch Hero Day website to learn more about the history of the holiday, and author Jarrett J. Krosoczka and his «Lunch Lady» series of graphic novels.
app
from SNA, which allows you to connect with conference attendees, share photos, create a personalized schedule, rate sessions, and more.
The push to soften whole grain and sodium standards instead came
from the SNA, and it seems unlikely to me that food industry dollars influenced Perdue's acquiescence on those issues.
To read more inspiring scholarship stories
from SNA members, visit our ongoing scholarship series at the BeyondBreakfast.org blog!
Our managers are responsible for the promotions at each of their schools, so we will have lots of different activities going on, and we certainly use the materials passed down to
us from SNA for breakfast week.
«She was always forwarding me emails
from SNA, and I finally realized that I needed to be getting all of this information for myself!»
Poppendieck's comment responds to a post in which I expressed concern over a letter
from SNA's newly - elected president, Jean Ronnei.
Because of the pleasure derived
from SNAs they calm the nervous system and quieten stress response hormones.
Not exact matches
Even if we assume that
SNA loses its current tax deductions and just pays the new statutory rate of 21 %, that would be worth an additional $ 87 million based on 2017 NOPAT, a 13 % increase and a bump up in NOPAT margin to 18.5 %
from the current 16.3 %.
In addition to the short - term profit growth
from tax reform,
SNA stands to benefit over the long - term
from growth in the automotive industry.
As a result,
SNA has improved its return on invested capital (ROIC)
from 7 % in 2009 to a 13 % in 2017.
SNA's margin improvement has been more than enough to offset the drop in average invested capital turns, which have fallen
from 1.0 in 2009 to 0.82 in 2017.
So I hope you can understand that people like me, watching
SNA from the outside, can only take our cues
from the organization's behavior.
If you were unable to attend the conference, never fear — you can access presentations
from ANC 2014 online at the
SNA website.
Because the
SNA «receives over half its funding
from the food industry.»
Before we send March out like a lamb, we wanted to take a moment to look back at some of our favorite moments
from LAC 2016 in Washington, D.C.
SNA's 2016 Legislative Action Conference was held February 28 through March... Continue reading →
«It was a good experience
from the start,» says Will of his
SNA membership.
«Plus word - of - mouth
from other members — there are scholarship opportunities
from a variety of different levels in an organization the size of
SNA.»
SNA is constantly promoting school meal success stories to our members so they can learn
from their peers in other districts, and we provide training and educational resources to help them improve the meals they serve.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (
SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face,
from lost revenue to increased food waste.
When 50 % of the
SNA's yearly funding comes
from the food industry, many will assume that the food industry influences
SNA policy decisions, whether it's true or not.
The
SNA has maintained that this change increases plate waste, while other studies, such as this one
from the Harvard School of Public Health, found no such increase.
That bizarre scenario was all I could think of when I received an email yesterday
from the School Nutrition Association (
SNA), relaying
SNA president Julia Bauscher's refutation of a new, peer - reviewed study in Childhood Obesity finding that kids actually like the healthier school food mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA).
-LSB-...] the request of concerned
SNA members, Bettina Elias Siegel and I spearheaded the creation of the on - line letter with additional input
from supportive school -LSB-...]
It was his involvement in the Institute, as well as urging
from colleagues like Kevin Fowler and Penny McConnell, which prompted Holben to join
SNA.
Ironically enough, in an «urgent message»
SNA sent to its 55,000 members this week to discourage them
from signing an open letter supporting healthier meal standards, the organization reassured school food professionals that it welcomes their «thoughts and concerns.»
It doesn't appear that
SNA leadership is supportive of dissenting opinions
from members.
From the program: The Richard B. Russell Leadership Series was established in 2010 by the Georgia SNA in memory of Senator Richard B Russell, a passionate leader in school nutrition programs from the very beginning when Congress authorized the school lunch program, now known as the Richard B. Russell School Lunch act of 1
From the program: The Richard B. Russell Leadership Series was established in 2010 by the Georgia
SNA in memory of Senator Richard B Russell, a passionate leader in school nutrition programs
from the very beginning when Congress authorized the school lunch program, now known as the Richard B. Russell School Lunch act of 1
from the very beginning when Congress authorized the school lunch program, now known as the Richard B. Russell School Lunch act of 1946.
Specifically, the
SNA sought to: gut the new whole grain standard
from 100 percent «whole grain - rich» to 50 percent; halt further sodium reductions in school food; and revert to the old system under which kids could pass up all fruits and vegetables a lunch, instead of being required to take a half - cup serving.
We are thrilled to revisit this popular series, in which we connect with your
SNA colleagues
from around the country to learn more about them and how an SNF scholarship is helping them pursue goals and achieve their dreams.
You say that you DID ask
SNA's leadership to seek more funding
from Congress, but clearly your voice wasn't heard as this is not the approach
SNA chose.