Show National School Lunch Week set For October Proclamation made by President Lunch Serves will be the theme of the 1964 observance of National School Lunch October President Lyndon B. Johnson has issued an official proclamation for observance of the week promote public understanding and awareness of the school lunch program to the to the to the to industry and to the School food services are the single segment of the food service Last more than 16 million children consumed more than billion meals in school op-crating under the federal school lunch Although exact figures are not it is estimated that an equal number of children took part in school food services in schools where some type of food service is In thousand children consumed million meals in schools participating in the Approximately schools throughout nation are participating in the National School Lunch In schools are participating in the Although the federal government plays a role in the financing of these the administration of school food services remains under the control of local boards and Food used in schools operating under the national program last year totaled million with only million dollars worth supplied by the federal These foods provided by the U. S. Department of Agriculture are surplus foods which would go into expensive storage unless used in school food Schools spent million dollars in the school year for privately purchased In more than million dollars were spent locally by schools for the purchase of equipment for the construction of new facilities and the expansion of existing In Utah schools spent million dollars in the school year for locally privately purchased foods and thousand dollars for the purchase of equipment and the expansion of existing In schools operating under the federal lunches arc served which provide the child with to of his nutritional The schools follow what is called the Type A pattern which includes 2 ounces of high protein cup of two or more vegetables and-or two teaspoons butter or fortified a portion of enriched or whole grain bread and a half pint of fluid whole Most schools not operating under the federal program serve the equivalent of this pattern although emphasis is often placed on a la carte In schools throughout the na- tion the school food service program places major emphasis on nutrition It is the opinion of food service personnel and ther educators training in nutrition and proper food habits will have a major impact on the development the child and health in later It was this need for improved basic diet and nutrition education which brought about the passage of the National School Lunch Act in At that Congress is the policy of the Congress of the United States that a National School Lunch Act be established as a measure of national to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other The reference to national security was the result of experience of the Selective Service in World War II when potential servicemen were found to be unfit for military service as a result of physical deficiencies traceable directly to School Lunch Week in 1964 will be observed in thousands of communities as food service personnel and school administrators join to emphasize the importance of the program to Many School Lunch Week activities will be sponsored by the American School Food Service its 50 state local groups and the U. S. Department of 1 1 n COUNTY DISPLAY AT entitled of Freedom mid features local fruits and It prepared under the direction of the Duchesne County Extension |