Food Programs

Food For Thought

RVS recognizes the importance of daily nutrition and believes healthy eating is a key component in educational success. Food For Thought is a program that partners RVS with local groups to promote healthy eating and provide nutritious breakfast in a secure environment to students. The program is available to any student at participating schools in need of food – our motto is, “if you are hungry, eat!” Funding is provided through grants, donations and in-kind services from national, provincial and local groups.

Volunteers are crucial in supporting Food For Thought. If you are interested in volunteering at one of our schools, please complete these two volunteer forms and return them to your school’s administrator:

• Administrative Form 490-A  Criminal Record/Vulnerable Sector Check Application – Volunteers
• Administrative Form 491-A  Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Undertaking – Volunteers

We would like to thank Breakfast Clubs of Canada, President’s Choice Children’s Charity, the Provincial School Nutrition Program and various local community partners for their support of the Food For Thought program.

For more information about Food For Thought, contact RVS’ Community Partner Program Co-ordinator at 403-945-4069 or by email.

To donate to Food for Thought, visit the CanadaHelps website.

Community Partners

RVS is grateful to our community partners who provide support to individuals and families in need and support healthy eating initiatives in schools. These include:

• Airdrie COBS
• Airdrie Food Bank
• Breakfast Clubs of Canada
• Chestermere Regional Food Bank
• Cochrane Activettes Food Bank

Summer Food Support

RVS has partnered with local food banks to continue to support kids during the summer months. Please refer to this poster for more information.

Nutrition in Schools

The best source of information on healthy eating in schools is Alberta Health Services. You can find more resources AHS website.