KinderCare Learning Companies
2023 Progress Report
As a longstanding partner, KinderCare has been at the forefront of providing more nutritious food for our youngest eaters since 2014. They’ve continued to build on that commitment, and pledged to double the servings of vegetables to over 40,000 school-aged children in 300 cities nationwide by 2025.
Toddler eating veggies alongside Veggies Early & Often logoAdditionally, KinderCare will leverage its purchasing power and food delivery model to improve the affordability of fruits and vegetables for other early childhood education providers, pilot an innovative food insecurity screening program for KinderCare families and give employees the tools they need to help families access nutritious foods in their communities, and increase nutrition education provided to families with the goal of reaching more than 100,000 children a minimum of 3 times per year.
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Partner Statement
KinderCare Learning Companies, including our KinderCare Learning Centers, Creme Schools, and Champions brands, is proud to enter our tenth year of working with Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA). As a leading provider of high-quality early childhood and school-age education and care, our partnership with PHA reinforces our longstanding commitment to using our voice to support young children and their families throughout our country. Since we made our first PHA commitments in 2014 all of us at KinderCare continue to work conscientiously and continuously to improve our menu and serve healthy meals that children enjoy; positively impacting the health and wellness of hundreds of thousands of children around the country. Our recent changes include expanding our PHA work to our Champions brand by increasing the amount of vegetables and healthy snack options we provide in our after-school programs. We are also exploring innovative ways to work with local organizations to aid families in our centers and programs who are at risk of food insecurity. Additionally, we are piloting new nutrition education models to help families learn to make healthy food choices. As we continue to partner with PHA, all of us at KinderCare remain dedicated to continuing the work of helping children, their families, and their teachers develop healthy habits that will last a lifetime.