Let’s Bring In the New Year Right! Celebrating the One Year
Anniversary of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 As 2011
comes to a close and we welcome in the New Year, advocates for
healthier food and nutrition for our nation’s youth have
something to cheer about: the one year anniversary of the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The main goal of this Act
is to make improvements to the child nutrition programs that
serve millions of children across our country each day, and to
improve access to nutrition assistance to make it easier for
children to get nutritious meals when they are away from home.
Sounds like something to celebrate, right? Yeah, we thought so
too. First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack think this act deserves some recognition because the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 will affect nearly 32
million school children that participate in the National School
Lunch and the 12 million school children that participate in the
School Breakfast Programs each day