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Free Marketing Resources for School Nutrition

It is extremely important to us that not only all nutrition programs, but every individual school nutrition professional, lunchlady, food dude and advocate can  confidently communicate with their audience and promote meals for all children. Below are all kinds of FREE marketing resources for school nutrition. Download any and all of these graphics to post on your social media pages and SHARE with your family, friends and social media audiences.

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Meal Benefit Applications Reminder

Share this graphic with the link to your online applications to increase meal benefit participation.

Caption template: Parents, we have enjoyed serving all of our students breakfast and lunch at no cost this year, but we are awaiting guidance from the USDA, which may not allow us to serve free meals to all students in the 2022-2023 School Year. It is imperative that you fill out our free and reduced meal application for your family! You can easily complete the application at our website: [link]

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Menu Changes Announcement

Use this message to proactively notify parents that there will be menu changes and substitutions throughout the school year. Ask the district to share this on social media, and if your program has social media accounts of your own, ask your audience to stay tuned to social media for menu updates.

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What Makes a Breakfast

Use this graphic to help educate your audience on what makes a good breakfast! It can also help speed up your lunchline.

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What Makes a Lunch

Use this graphic to educate your audience about what makes a good lunch and also to speed up your lunchlines.

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Hiring Post

Are you hiring? Use this eye-catching graphic on social media and be sure to put all the details and link to where they can apply in the caption.

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Reasons to Support Summer Meals

Educate parents and stakeholders that summer meals are for ALL children and it not only helps support your program, but helps ensure their students are set for academic success.

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Notes for Summer Meal Bags

Want to spread a little summer cheer in your students’ meal bags? Print, cut and insert these into their bags to celebrate the season while reminding them to eat their fruits and veggies! Also, check out our Holiday and Valentine's Day note inserts! 

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School Lunch Hero Day

Post this graphic on School Lunch Hero Day! It's coming up on May 5th, 2023! Also check out this School Lunch Hero Coloring Page 

to share with your students!

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Custom Lunch Tray Graphic

Fill out a simple form to tell us what amazing things you’re doing at your district, and we will make it into an

eye-catching lunch tray graphic!

One free custom lunch tray graphic per school district.

SEA Level Social clients receive one custom graphic per month!

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Custom Google Map of Your Serving Sites

We will plot your serving sites or bus routes into a professional, easy-to-read Google Map. This makes it easy for you to promote your serving sites and parents to find them.  Check out the

map we made for Laurens School District 55 here!

One free map per school district with unlimited edits as needed.

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Custom Survey

Do you need a survey for delivery orders, gauge parent interest or gather other valuable information? Let us know what information you’d like to gather and we will create a survey for you.

One free survey per district, with full access to responses.

SEA Level Social clients receive unlimited surveys!

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Benefits of School Breakfast

Use this graphic to inform your audience of the benefits of eating school breakfast. We know you know them,

but does your audience?

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Facebook Profile Pic Frames

Let your friends and family know that #schoolnutritiondoesntstop with a Facebook Frame. From Facebook, click on your profile picture, click “Add Frame,” and search “school nutrition” to find our school nutrition and School Lunch Hero Day Facebook Frames.

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School Nutrition Coloring Pages

Insert a coloring page into your meal bags or hand them out to

students to remind them to eat their fruits and veggies! Follow the link to download any of our coloring page options.

Math Lesson with Apples

Coloring with Fruits

Draw Your Favorite Meal

Map of Foods Across the US

Fruits and Veggies Word Search

"We Miss You" Chef Version

"We Miss You" Coloring Contest

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Milk Disruption PSA

Experiencing a milk shortage? Share this graphic to notify your district!

Food Snapshot

ICN Communication/ Marketing Resources

This catalog includes 22 communication & Marketing-based courses for School Nutrition Professionals. Disclaimer: This resource is the property of the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) but isn’t monitored by ICN. Please visit theICN.org for the most current catalog of FREE resources.

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