BEDFORD – On Friday, May 5, NLCS and its food service partner Chartwells K12 are joining schools across the country to celebrate National School Lunch Hero Day, recognizing the hard-working cafeteria
professionals going above and beyond to serve healthy meals to students each day.
Throughout the school year, these heroes of the cafeteria are dedicated to making mealtime a bright spot in a student’s day, ensuring kids throughout the North Lawrence community are served nourishing meals.
To mark School Lunch Hero Day this year, Chartwells K12 is sending every associate a special edition apron, or cape turned backward, as a tribute to their superhero status and dedication to serving up happy and healthy. Highlights of how the School Lunch Heroes at NLCS serve up happy
include:
- Thank you bags for all Food Service Workers
Chartwells K12 celebrates National School Lunch Hero Day to recognize its 16,000 chefs, dietitians, and food service workers who serve 2 million meals a day in schools across the country.
School Lunch Hero Day is a national celebration dedicated to providing well-deserved recognition to school food service professionals for their role in keeping children well-fed, happy, and healthy. It was founded by Jarrett J. Krosoczka in 2013 and is celebrated on the first Friday of May each year. Krosoczka is also the author of the acclaimed Lunch.
