Student Nutrition Programs

• Public Health is committed to helping the students of Grey and Bruce establish life long healthy eating habits. 
• Public Health supports the Call to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment. (download PDF) Published by the Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals and the School Nutrition Workgroup Steering Committee.  This document contains recommendations to address the importance of healthy eating in the school context and presents the link between nutritional health, learning and chronic disease in children and adolescents.

Ontario Student Nutrition Programs

• Ontario Student Nutrition Programs are non-profit, universally accessible nutrition programs for students. 
• Funding for these programs flows from The Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
• Nutrition Guidelines are provided to assist school nutrition program providers in selecting nutritious foods for breakfast, lunch and snacks in order to promote healthy eating habits among students across the province.

Grey Bruce Eat & Learn

• Grey Bruce Eat & Learn is the name of our local student nutrition program. It is dedicated to supporting child nutrition programs in over 70 locations in Grey and Bruce counties.

 What Grey Bruce Eat and Learn is all about:

• Helping to nourish children. We serve over 8500 children each day.
• Helping to serve over 500,000 breakfasts, lunches and snacks every school year.
• Supporting the work of over 60 local coordinators and their 300 community volunteers.
• Providing nutrition education resources to children, parents and schools.
• Supporting research on the link between nutrition and learning.
• Partnering with corporations, foundations, various levels of government and other community based organizations to ensure that all children in Grey and Bruce attend school well nourished and ready to learn.

Grey Bruce Eat & Learn doesn't just feed kids - it nourishes communities!

Contact the Grey Bruce Eat and Learn Coordinator

Bev Gateman
Student Nutrition Program Coordinator
181-7th Street, Hanover, ON
N4N 1K5
Phone: 519-364-3770 ext. 647
Fax: 519-370-2932
Email: bev_gateman@bwdsb.on.ca