A big mahalo to the 40 attendees of Hawaii’s first Team Up for School Nutrition Success <http://teamup.theicn.org/> at Camp Homelani on October 11.

Team Up uses a workshop and mentoring model that is based on peer-to-peer assistance.

The group discussed best practices surrounding Increasing Breakfast Participation and Food Safety and some SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) goals school food service managers can work on this school year.

Attendees represented:

• 7 charter schools 
• 16 DOE schools 
• School Food Services Branch 
• Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs 
• Guam DOE 
• 4 allied organizations: Kapiolani Community College, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, Hawaii SNA and Hawaii Farm to School. 
• Institute of Child Nutrition: Evaluators – Dr. Kristi Lewis and  Dr. Marjuyua Lartey from University of Southern Mississippi , Facilitator – Mapuana Weiss from Canyon Grove School, Utah 
• USDA: Sheldon Gordon, Chief, Nutrition Training and Operational Support Branch, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
• USDA Western Regional Office: Elizabeth Beechler