PRIMARY school teachers from Donegal recently joined teaching colleagues from across the region for a Food Dudes Presentation Day.
The day celebrated the achievements of completing their four-year participation in the award-winning Food Dudes Programme.
The four-year curriculum-linked programme, run by Bord Bia and funded by the EU, includes a year of intervention, followed by three in-school Food Dudes Weeks, aimed at promoting healthy eating habits amongst primary school children. The healthy eating programme encourages children to eat more fresh produce and is based on repeated tastings of fresh fruit and vegetables, rewards and positive role models.
This school year, Food Dudes, will deliver over 2.5 million portions of fresh fruit and vegetables to over 175,000 primary pupils right across Ireland.
Attending the presentation of awards in the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny for the completion of the Food Dudes Programme in National Schools were (L-R) James Whoriskey of Cranford National School, Joanne Wilson of Ray National School, Michelle Friel of Creeslough National School, Cáit Ní Chuireáin of Ballymore National School, Louise Shiels Green of Scoil Cholmcille, Kerrykeel, and the Food Dudes Project manager, Maria McHale.
More information about the Food Dudes Programme can be found at www.fooddudes.ie.