Bienfait Weldon’s School Community Council (SCC) put in the work for the application. President Theresa Hermann said she decided to apply after she was told about the grant by one of the teachers. “When I looked at it, it was for student nutrition and nutrition-related activities or programs,” said Hermann. “Included in that was updates to kitchens in the school.” The kitchen where the school’s breakfast program operates needed some updates and renovations. Hermann is confident that the money from Mosaic should cover these expenses. “We have a great breakfast program, and that’s why we didn’t go towards more of the nutrition side of it, because we have funding from the RM every year, and we are able to get the students breakfast every single day, and snacks that fall under the Canada Food Guide recommendations,” said Hermann.
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Westview Community School in Prince Albert been selected as one of 10 Saskatchewan schools that will each receive a $10,000 grant to support student nutrition after being selected to win this year’s Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge
According to Principal Cheryl Arcand, the school applied to enhance some of the programming that is already in place including being a Breakfast Club of Canada school.
“We are so fortunate that we are able to serve breakfast for our students every day and that helps them to get their day started in a great way and then this additional grant dollars will just enhance what we currently have and so much. It will be an amazing opportunity, it’s exciting actually,” Arcand said.