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PA Harvest of the Month | In Action
Tamaqua Area Middle School
Kimberly Woodward
Art Teacher Tamaqua Area Middle School
Kimberly Woodward, an art teacher at Tamaqua Area Middle School, put the PA Harvest of the Month in action by organizing a 3-part week of painting canvas panel murals of the harvests, examining facts, recipes and creating table tents for their three cafeterias. Lastly they celebrated with a taste-testing to round out the week.
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Browns Family Childcare
Lindsey Brown
Owner/ Preschool teacher
"I have shared PA Harvest of the Month activities on my Facebook page, Browns Childcare. I love participating in this program because it helps me educate my preschoolers on all of the benefits of eating healthy foods. I use the downloadable resources on website to help me create lessons for my children. I pair the foods we eat during snacks, meals or taste tests with books along with posters and print outs to enhance learning in many developmental domains. We do "five sense activities" to learn about the specific item. I have been participating in the program for nearly two years now. The stickers provide a fun incentive for children trying new foods!"
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Imagination Library for Erie County
Facebook post by Imagination Library for Erie County featuring the October PA Harvest of the Month item apples.
Pennsylvania's Promise for Children Website
PA’s Promise for Children website has created a webpage on their site (https://papromiseforchildren.com) which contains references to resources and a monthly focus into each of the "family newsletters" from the PA Harvest of the Month website.
Troy ASD | Cabbage
Troy Area School District offered fresh PA Cabbage in a recipe for coleslaw with their Christmas Dinner. Here a student was willing to try it. She liked it! According to Bonnie Bixby, Food Service Director at Troy ASD, "We have some students that are interested in trying new things. The PA Harvest of the Month has been helpful with this."
Penn State PRO Wellness | Apples
Grove City ASD | Peppers | Quinoa Salad
Spring Grove ASD | Cabbage & Winter Squash
Troy ASD | Peppers
Troy Area School District's students are taking part in the Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month program developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Project PA (Penn State University). September's Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month item is peppers. The staff prepare and serve them fresh to all students. A WR Croman Elementary School student featured in the photograph was willing to try the red bell peppers. Several of the students remarked that they thought the peppers would be hot because of the red color. The Cafeteria Manager and her staff helped explain that they were very sweet and not hot at all (Red bell peppers are actually among the sweetest of all bell peppers.). They encouraged all the students to try them.
SNAofPA | Winter Squash
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