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“HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD BRIGADE” Storming Capitol to Get Junk Food out of America's Schools

Celebrities, Moms, Dads, and Kids Join Members of Congress as Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act Gets Underway

Celebrities active in kids’ health and moms and dads from more than 29 states are descending on Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to seize an historic opportunity to get junk food out of America’s schools as Congress begins work to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act. The Main Street moms, Hollywood stars, Senators and Members of Congress hold a news conference Wednesday, June 24 as the Healthy School Food Brigade fans out across Capitol Hill.

Outdated child nutrition standards allow a wide range of junk foods to be sold in schools along with the traditional “hot lunch” program. The 30-year-old regulations for vending and other food sales fail to protect America’s kids, fuel the obesity epidemic, make parents’ nutritional efforts difficult and undermine taxpayer investments in federal meal programs. And the existing rules make little sense: Fruitades with little juice can be sold, plain seltzer water cannot. Candy bars cookies and doughnuts OK; breath mints not.

WHO:
Deidre Hall, legendary star of Days of Our Lives, accompanied by her son;
Andrea Bowen, of Desperate Housewives, accompanied by her mother;
Margo G. Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest;
more than 100 moms and dads from more than 27 states (see below);
Senators and Members of Congress from both parties including:
o Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
o Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and others

WHAT: News conference
WHEN: 11:30am, Wednesday, June 24
WHERE: Reserve Officers Association Building, One Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, DC

NOTE TO EDITORS & REPORTERS: Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen and others are available for media interviews in advance, at and after the news conference.

For further information, contact:
Steve Hirsh (202-441-1516 or s.hirsh@verizon.net
Jeff Cronin (202-777-8370 or jcronin@cspinet.org)

Healthy School Food Brigade members coming to Washington include parents, kids, health professionals and school food service employees from:
ALABAMA: Hampton Cove
ALASKA: Fairbanks
ARKANSAS: Springdale
CALIFORNIA: Calabasas, El Cajon, Idyllwild, Marina del Rey, Pleasanton
WASHINGTON, DC
DELAWARE: Dover, Milford, Newark
FLORIDA: Orlando, Treasure Island
GEORGIA: Marietta, Richmond Hill, Savannah
IOWA: Ankeny, Cedar Falls
INDIANA: Muncie
KENTUCKY: Louisville
LOUISIANA: Destrehan
MAINE: Manchester
MARYLAND: Annapolis, Bethesda, Boyds, Burtonsville, Chevy Chase, Crownsville, Ellicott City, Frederick, Hughesville, Rockville, Silver Spring
MASSACHUSETTS: Cohasset, Somerville
MICHIGAN: Detroit
MINNESOTA: Lakeville, St. Paul
MISSOURI: St. Louis
NEVADA: Las Vegas
NEW JERSEY: Lyndhurst
NEW YORK: Chappaqua, Fairport, Glenmont, Middle Village, New York City, Oneonta, Washingtonville
NORTH CAROLINA: Carrboro, Chapel Hill
OHIO: Maineville
OREGON: Portland
PENNSYLVANIA: Grove City, Landisville, Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre
TENNESSEE: Knoxville, Nashville, Thompsons Station
TEXAS: Austin, Harker Heights, Pearland
UTAH: Logan
VIRGINIA: Alexandria, Arlington, Centreville, Fairfax, Vienna, Waynesboro
WISCONSIN: Madison
and more
(list as of 6/19)

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a nonprofit health advocacy group based in Washington, DC, that focuses on nutrition, food safety, and pro-health alcohol policies. CSPI is supported by the 900,000 U.S. and Canadian subscribers to its Nutrition Action Healthletter and by foundation grants.

Communications Department
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 332-9110
cspinews@cspinet.org

 

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