Got Milk?

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03.16.2009 --

In February 2009, D.C. Central Kitchen partnered with D.C. Scores to provide nutrition education for 60 elementary school-age children. D.C. Scores is an after-school enrichment program that uses soccer and creative writing to foster academic achievement, teamwork, and civic engagement in D.C. elementary and middle school students.

With frigid temperatures keeping D.C. Scores participants off the field, teammates dedicated their winter session to exploring healthy eating. Supplementing, D.C. Scores' nutrition curriculum, Healthy Returns Coordinator and Nutrition Educator, Dahlia Rockowitz, visited five of the D.C. Scores elementary school programs, teaching about the importance of milk. D.C. Scores teammates learned why calcium is important to them as growing kids and athletes, evaluated whether they were getting the requisite three to four servings of dairy a-day, and even did a taste test of different kinds of milk. Putting their creative writing skills to use, teammates created their own versions of the popular "Got Milk?" advertisements to spread the word to their friends and families about the nutritional value of milk.

This partnership between D.C. Central Kitchen and D.C. Scores is just another example of how the Kitchen, through its Healthy Returns Program, remains committed to not only serving healthful snacks to D.C.-area children and youth, but also providing informative and engaging nutrition education to set those young folks on a life-long path of healthy eating and wellness.