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ALMH, Lincoln Elementary School District 27 Partnering for Fresh School Lunches

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Community Health Collaborative is partnering with Lincoln Elementary School District 27 to change school lunches from frozen processed foods to fresh, local foods.

 

Angela Stoltzenburg, with the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, indicates they have been working with Logan County schools with the CATCH program to create a healthy environment for kids. She says the next step is transferring the cafeteria to fresh, made from scratch food.

 

 

The ALMH Foundation awarded Lincoln Elementary School District 27 with a grant to have healthy school lunches. Stoltzenburg says the process started in June with training cafeteria workers and is currently at 60 percent of the food being made from scratch.

 

 

Stoltzenburg notes the goal is to source as much food as possible locally. On Tuesday, January 7 District 27 will be seeking bids from local producers for the 2020-2021 school year.

 

 

Stoltzenburg indicates by the end of this school year they hope to have 100 percent of cafeteria food to be made from scratch. For more information on the bid meeting, contact District 27 at (217) 732-3386.

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