Dear Parents, Thank you for supporting the PAC Hot Lunch Program. With the
funds raised, PAC is able to purchase items for our sports and band
programs, as well as provide extracurricular items for teachers. The Hot
Lunch ordering system will opening for January/February orders as of Friday
January 3rd. The system will be open for orders for one week only, closing
on Friday January 10th at 3:00 pm to allow time for parents to place their
orders. Here is the link to the online ordering
system: http://https://gaglardiacademy.hotlunches.net/. There will
be no scheduled hot lunch for Friday January 10th. Other Hot Lunch News:
New Supplier We have a new hot lunch supplier for 2020! Check out the menu
selection for Cobbs Bread which will be available for one of the hot lunch
days. If you have any suggestions for a new hot lunch supplier, please let
us know and we will look into it. Salad Bar Grant PAC has an opportunity to
apply for a grant for a salad bar through the 2020 Farm to School Cafeteria
Canada program. The program is focused on the Farm to School Approach and
is designed to see more students and school communities engaged in growing,
purchasing, harvesting, cooking, serving, learning about, and eating
healthy, local and sustainable foods at school. If successful, we could
receive a grant up to $10,000 over two years to set up a salad bar
service. Establishing a salad bar meal service requires a group of
dedicated parent volunteers. To learn more about what this program will
entail, please view the video of one of the successful programs run by a
local school in the Comox
Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Yndv-8JqE&index=2&list=PLtueFxXalfzXyVedM0eSoE-xfm8CfP2_M.
If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to
joychan.small@gmail.com. If there are enough volunteers to establish a
regular salad bar meal service program, a sub-committee can be established
to work out the details and we can move forward with an application. The
hot lunch program is run by a group of parent volunteers who spend a lot of
their personal time in the background in order to have a hot lunch
program. A heartfelt thank you to all who contribute their time and
efforts to make sure our students have an access to a hot lunch on Fridays!