St John's CLC
St John’s Elementary students took part in a program entitled the “Lunch Club project”. The workshop’s aim was to increase student, parent and community awareness of healthy lifestyle choices such as good nutrition and active living.
The project was geared to help provide students with basic cooking skills and understanding of the importance of all four food groups by teaching them what ingredients to include and what to avoid.
Through the Lunch Club Project students realized that preparing their own lunches at school eating healthy can be fun. With the loving attention of the seniors group Lionnettes, and careful guidance of St. John’s School Nurse, a strong intergenerational dynamic could also be felt in the school, giving it all more of a family kitchen feel.
The project’s huge success was due to capable partnerships with Bouffe Pontiac who provided a free animator for the Nutrition workshops. Pontiac en Forme provided an animator that helped the children in preparing the lunches. The Lionnettes helped supervise the students as they prepared their lunches, St. John’s School Nurse who monitors their lunches and finally even the town Mayor participated in the activity and found the program “Remarkable”.
Since the start of the Lunch Club Project students are more aware of a nutritional diet and have a greater variety of interesting recipes and healthy practices.
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