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Rock and Wrap It Up School Program

 

 

Overview of School Program


We welcome the efforts of students from elementary school through college. On this page you will find links to lesson plans and guidelines for younger students, as well as links to the College Wrap program.



Welcome letter to students from our founder.


College Wrap - how to start a program at your college.


Print and fax form for new volunteers.



Lesson Plans
We are proud to present the following lesson plans for schools to use in eductation our youth about the importance of nutrition and the reality of hunger. Many thanks to Elliott Levine, Rhonda Barsel and Dolores Burton of the Lawrence Public Schools.

Lesson 1, Grades 3, 4, 5 (nutrients)
Lesson 2, Grades 3, 4, 5 (water)
Lesson 3, High School (nutritional needs)

Manifesto: How to Start a Rock and Wrap it Up! School Program in your School or University.
So you want to help. We need you to help feed hungry men, women and children. This is the plan:

Schools K-12

  1. Arrange to speak to your school principal. Inform your principal of your desire to join the RWU School Program and work to help us feed people who hunger in your community. Access to food should be an unalienable human right! RWUSP can count for graduation community service requirements! Letters of recommendation available for college applications and employment.
  2. Locate a teacher or building administrator to work with you as an advisor and mentor. Great publicity for school district. Use press release provided to inform community. Have the School Board recognize volunteersa at a public meeting.
  3. Locate your school's director of food service. Ask them if there is leftover food in your high school, middle or elementary school cafeteria. Excess food is by no means a reflection of waste in the school district. Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman says each year Americans throw away over 95 billion pounds of excess food. With daily absenteeism at 5-10% nationwide, coupled with the necessity of choice for school lunches, there may be extra edible food routinely in school programs. NY State allows schools a 10 lunch allowance each day that they are not responsible for. Ask your director of food service to explain proper food handling and preparation. Work with them to save the unused food for distribution to agencies that feed hungry people in your local community. The leftovers from retirement parties, wedding showers and end of semester recesses can also be recovered.
  4. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Law has been an important document in allowing food donations and collections to take place without liability.
  5. Find out about local shelters, soup kitchens or pantries in your community. You can get this information by speaking with your local clergy and community leaders. RWU gladly offers assistance to find an agency. You can contact Rose Foley at the RWU office: 1(516)536-0602; out of state 1(877)691-FOOD. Ask about hours of operation, procedures and times they are able to receive food. Some schools have vehicles transport food between buildings.
  6. Arrange to schedule for pick up and delivery of the donated food. Generally, schools schedule food runs 2-3 times per week.
  7. Please call us when you begin your program. Then, please advise us each week the approximate pounds of food you have rescued. Fax 1(516)295-3848. (A food donation tracking sheet can be printed off our website: receipt )
  8. Have your principal send us a letter on school letterhead and get a letter from the recipient agency where the food is going. All schools will be listed on our homepage.
  9. After three months with our program, we will send you a list of bands to choose from to get an autographed certificate for you and your school. We will then arrange for you to receive a certificate from RWU and a band participating in the Rock and Wrap It Up! School Program.
  10. Be like a rock star and feed the hungry through The Rock and Wrap It Up! School Program.


College Wrap (For graduates and undergraduates)


Please go to our special page for College Wrap

The United States Department of Agriculture, The FoodChain Network and Second Harvest will work with Rock and Wrap It Up! and young people across America to recover excess food.

Send e-mail to Syd Mandelbaum at sydmandelbaum@worldnet.att.net