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| **Quick News**  .  * **What is MSNA advocating for in 2025?** Read the 2025 MSNA  and ! * **Next in the MSNA Webinar Series:** Register for *Your Conflict Style Inventory* on Wednesday, January 22 (3:00 – 4:00 PM) and *How Are Your Listening Habits?*on Tuesday, February 18 (3:00-4:00 PM). . * **MDE is excited to announce the second annual '*Say Yes! to School Meals'*Photo Contest,** celebrating delicious and unique meals Minnesota schools are serving. Each School Food Authority may submit one breakfast photo and one lunch photo before the February 10 deadline. . * ****Fridays just got better with new SNA podcast episodes:****Season 3 of  has arrived—now with video!   Member Spotlight   Malachi Thompson, Food Service Associate, ISD 191 Burnsville-Eagan-Savage. Read about Malachi .  To read past member spotlights, .  **Nominate a Colleague You Admire!**  Help recognize the hard work of our colleagues in the school nutrition profession who go above and beyond. The  program highlights the outstanding and important work of SNA members and state affiliates. Members and state associations are eligible for a variety of honors that recognize their achievements in school foodservice, leadership, membership recruitment and professional development. **Nominations are open!**   , in honor of Louise Sublette    MSNA Members in the News! 1/7: What pointers can we give our children to encourage healthy eating? Jess Peña, School Nutrition Director for Red Wing Public Schools and MSNA Secretary/Treasurer, explains in an .  1/3: MSNA President-elect Glen Ritter, Food Service Director for St. Michael-Albertville School District, helped kick off the new year with , sharing tips for healthy meals in schools and at home.  12/1: Anoka-Hennepin Schools' nutrition director, Noah Atlas, enlisted Coon Rapids High School culinary students to taste-test new meal options, seeking honest feedback to refine the menu and shape meal offerings. !  11/6: Congratulations to Bertrand Weber, Director of Culinary & Wellness Services at Minneapolis Public Schools, for receiving the Golden Foodservice Director of the Year Award, FAME’s most prestigious honor.   10/18: In honor of National School Lunch Week, Jess Peña, School Nutrition Director for Red Wing Public Schools and MSNA Secretary/Treasurer,  CBS News Minnesota how schools have stepped up their lunch game.  10/14: Glen Ritter, Food Service Director for St. Michael-Albertville Schools and MSNA President-Elect, was interviewed by Fox 9, discussing what's on his schools' trays, the menu planning process, and more. .  10/3: Students at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul Public Schools are participating in a gardening program that provides fresh produce for their school cafeteria and local community. , which features Lynn Broberg, Assistant Director of Nutrition Services for the St. Paul School District.  ! |
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