Served Digizine™ - Your Program: Is it Sustainable?

Welcome to the age of the Digizine! Here are your April Highlights.

Co-Creators & Co-Editors Amanda & Marlon Say

“Developing those capable of being the light in a word of food insecurities”

Spring! Finally, the dawn of new life and all those tulips we planted with hope and prayer are ready to grace us with their beauty. What ideas are ready to be harvested? What energy are you excited to activate? Do you have a new program or are you just looking forward to ending the year with an eye towards the rest and relaxation of summer? No matter what seeds you’ve planted, we need to sustain our programs whether that is in the form of our budgets financially, our people emotionally, or our employees professionally. Now is not the time for complacency or just waiting out this bid year. We must actively engage in our goals as the fiscal year closes, looking toward the future but remaining present in today’s success. Whatever your individual goals, this spring has brought hope anew to the possibility of continuing to provide school meals at no cost to parents next year. Behold the

NxtGen Pro is a national professional development, networking, and mentorship program that will provide the highest level of education to those in foodservice. When we say foodservice, we mean ALL of foodservice. We don’t care if you are a chef, a restaurant owner, if you work in colleges and universities, if you’re a Child Nutrition Professional or any food industry. There is something to gain from collaborating and learning from/with those in other verticals, and tons of innovation to follow. Everybody will have the ability to apply to the program as a mentee or a mentor and pairings will be made based on personalities and goals. NxtGen Pro will be the place where the best and brightest future leaders (and new leaders!) come together and will include in person and virtual meetups. For more information on NxtGen Pro as it becomes available, register below.

Below are a few of our first mentors:

Support Kids Not Red Tape Act of 2022 (insert Easter Resurrection music here for full effect). Last week I was resigned to the return of meal charge policies, PLE forms, and debt collection. This week my Inbox is full of call to action emails. My response? Let’s go! Folks, this is our last effort to continue serving our communities and feeding our students. We will reap what we sow. So, let’s plant the seeds of change and support this newest piece of legislature.

Shannon Solomon, MS, SNS

Donnette Worthy, SNS

Beverly Girard, PHD, MBA, RD, SNS

Stefanie Giannini, MA, SNS

Ervin Watson, MBA

Jessica Shelley, MBA, SNS, REHS

- Amanda

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