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To honor and congratulate Ms. Dana Brown and the All in a Day Child Care Center for being recognized as the 2017 - 2018 Day Care Center Program of the Year by the Children’s Hunger Alliance.
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WHEREAS, studies have shown that a child’s nutritional status can directly affect the mental capacity of a school-aged child, moreover good nutrition helps children show up at school prepared to learn, ultimately leading to healthier, better developed, and well behaved students; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Children’s Hunger Alliance is to ensure that children without access, receive healthy food, nutritional education and physical activity; and
WHEREAS, The Children’s Hunger Alliance helps more than 850 child care providers deliver healthy food and age-appropriate physical activity to the children in their care; and
WHEREAS, this support includes: enrolling child care providers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a federal child nutrition program that subsidizes healthy meals and snacks in child care settings - providing annual training, assistance with menu planning, access to free Kid Care software to electronically submit meal claims - delivering an early learning curriculum focused on healthy living developed specifically for home child care settings; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Dana Brown, owner of the All in a Day Child Care Center located in southeast Columbus, Ohio, concerned about the children in her care, noticed that many of the parents would send their kids to school with lunches that lacked the fruits, vegetables and nutritious foods that the kids needed to thrive - as a result, Ms. Brown sought and established a partnership with the Children’s Hunger Alliance - from this partnership, the All in a Day Child Care Center began using a caterer to prepare hot lunches and balanced, nutritious meals for each of the children in her care; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown also began working with registered dieticians and cultivated a Eat, Play, Grow nutrition education and physical activity curriculum that taught preschoolers table manners and healthy food and lifestyle choices; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Dana Brown and the All in a Day Child Care Center was recognized by the Children’s Hunger Alliance for operating a child care program that places healthy eating among its top priorities - the All in a Day Child Care Center was also selected as the 2017 -2018 Day Care Center Program of the Year, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council does hereby honor and congratulate Ms. Dana Brown and the All in a Day Child Care Center for being recognized as the 2017 - 2018 Day Care Center Program of the Year by the Children’s Hunger Alliance.