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Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, Nutrition: Health, Day Care & Education
My friends and I have often thought how
ridiculous our school's fundraisers are. Either they consist of over priced gift wrap or fattening candy or cookie
dough. Schools are so concerned about healthy eating and warding off the growing childhood obesity problem, but this is
what we sell?Some fifth grade kids in Florida agree and refused to participate in a fund raiser selling chocolate bars, potato chips to fund a field trip to Washington D.C. They said selling the junk food went against everything they'd been taught about nutrition and good health.
Veronica Atkins, widow of Dr Atkins of the diet craze, heard about the kids and decided to donate $16,000 to the school so the children could still go on their field trip. Ms. Atkins says, "I said no way am I going to let them down and not let them go on the field trip."
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-09-2006 @ 8:27AM
thordora said...I TOTALLY agree. We have the same problem at work-no one EVER sells fruit, or even gift wrap. It is ALWAYS chocolate, cookie dough or cookies. EVERY SINGLE TIME. And I have NEVER understood why schools are willing to sell junk. When I was a kid it was dorky door knob hangers and stuff like that...
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