Partnership for a Healthier America Delivers Support for Chefs Move to Schools Initiative
Organization will Award Donated Cookware to Schools Nationwide to Help Chefs Educate Students on Food, Nutrition
Washington, DC (September 10, 2010) – The Partnership for a Healthier America today announced plans to award cookware kits to 1,000 schools across the country in support of Chefs Move to Schools, an initiative pairing chefs with schools to help educate children about food and nutrition.
The cookware kits – valued at more than $2 million and containing items such as induction burners, stainless steel pots and pans, and knives and utensils – were generously donated to the Partnership by several kitchen retailers, including All‐Clad, Anchor Hocking, T‐fal, TruBamboo, and Zyliss. The kits will also include a cookbook from American Express Publishing filled with healthy, nutritious recipes.
“On behalf of the Partnership, I want to applaud the generosity of these companies for donating these products. We are excited to award these supplies to deserving schools across the nation,” said Dr. James R. Gavin III, chairman of the Partnership’s board of directors. “With this cookware, chefs will have the necessary tools to help teachers, parents, school nutritionists, and administrators educate children about healthy eating and in turn, help us in our goal of curbing childhood obesity within a generation.”
The Partnership will award and distribute kits after selecting recipients among participating schools in the Chefs Move program. The products will be delivered to those schools in a kit along with other cooking tools. Criteria for selection included schools with an active interest in educating students on food and nutrition, and local chefs willing to “adopt” students and help schools reach that goal.
Kits will be assembled and delivered to schools in the coming weeks, with distribution costs covered by a generous donation to the Partnership from The Annenberg Foundation.
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