HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Caring for Our Communities

As a company we take great pride in the towns where we work and live. We are honored to partner with you to volunteer our time and talents to enrich others’ lives and strengthen our communities by participating in programs such as Make-A-Wish Foundation, Toys for Tots, local animal shelters, regional and community food banks and other initiatives.

We are committed to fostering the well-being of all of our children as we strive to make a positive impact. We feel this can be accomplished by leading by example as we share our kindness, our giving and our commitment to the communities we serve.

Regional Manager Kelly Patterson and Food Service Directors Ashley DeBerry (Penn Hills), Kayla Solomon (New KensingtonArnold) and Allison Brasile (Kiski Area), along with their families, volunteer with the Toys for Tots organization.

In place of exchanging gifts, our Ohio & Michigan Food Service Directors purchase gifts to donate to Toys for Tots at their annual holiday party.

During December, Cardinal Local School cafeterias collected contributions for their local animal shelter. Students who donated items were entered into a drawing to win a January pizza party. What great “Huskie Pride” was shown to help in our community!

sharing fun finds across our schools!

PIZZA pizzazz

Did you know? Unlike others, our pizza is made inhouse daily! We're not just classic cheese pizza either. Although you can expect a traditional pepperoni and cheese pizza on our soft and hand-tossed crust, our staff comes up with creative pizza recipes — from buffalo chicken pizza to taco pizza, we cater to every taste bud!

Check out Midland Borough’s creative take on BBQ Chicken Pizza!

shining ST RS

The Carbondale School District recently decided to become a CEP school district. Regional Manager Melissa Hatala and her staff made it their mission to make this program successful and to be a positive influence on this district during this time. From menu planning, rearranging cafeterias, promotion and marketing of programs with students, parents and faculty, they covered all avenues to make sure this program was a success. Their actions increased participation in both breakfast and lunch. They’re truly the stars of Carbondale School District!

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P R E S E N T I N G P O K E

your BOARD MEMBERS welcoming

Starting off the new year, TNG set a goal to provide our clients with a clear understanding of our involvement in their programs. Our first initiative was focusing on the new and returning school board members. Each board member was presented with a packet full of information on how we make the nutrition portion of their job easy and various ways that we work with their district.

Students and administration members at Lower Moreland High School and Huntingdon Valley had a chance to taste poke bowls, the new and trendy dish from TNG! Filled with fresh diced mango, edamame, cucumber, chickpeas and cabbage slaw, this dish provides a fresh and innovative way to enjoy lunch! Poke bowls are offered with chicken, tofu or veggies and finished with fancy dressings like cucumber wasabi, sriracha ranch or sesame soy sauce. The rollout of this new menu item was such a hit that one administration member came back to purchase 3 more for dinner!

ABOVE & BEYOND

Henry at Liberty-Benton had been asking his mom for weeks to buy school lunch. Henry has Celiac Disease which made his mom hesitant about purchasing a school-made lunch. His mom approached Food Service Director Dustin Klopping about buying milk or an à la carte item, explaining their situation. Dustin designed an entire gluten free menu and safety procedure, enabling Henry to buy school lunch regularly. Great job Liberty-Benton staff for going above and beyond for our customers!

inspiring KINDNESS

World Kindness Day was celebrated on November 13. This year, we challenged our employees to do at least one good deed for someone else. Writing inspiring and positive messages on bananas and serving up fun, emoji smiley potatoes truly lightened up our students’ day. These small acts prove a little kindness goes a long way!

We are excited to share all of the great happenings in our school cafeterias! Sneak a peek here and view various events, delectable foods, and fun memories that we create for students! Each district has its very own social media accounts on either Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Want to see more? Follow The Nutrition Group on social media for the latest events in your schools. Search @TNG_Corporate.

@CorrySD

CORRY “Pancake Station today at CAIS! #TNGFeedsKids #WeAreTNG”

@TNG_JimThorpe

JIM THORPE “Lettuce feed you! Check out our fresh salads made daily at the High School. #TNGFeedsKids”

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BLUE MOUNTAIN “Long lines full of happy kiddos! #TNGFeedsKids #MomentsMatter”

@TNG_NewBrighton

NEW BRIGHTON “Kindness is sharing a parfait with a friend! Especially when you make them together!” @CafeLordstown

LORDSTOWN “Celebrating #WorldKindnessDay at lunch at @LordstownElem!”

@Canton_TNG

CANTON “Today we served up delicious cookies & hot cocoa for kindergartners and their grandparents! #MomentsMatter”

@TMoshannon

@TNG_BeaverFalls

MOSHANNON “Today was an exceptionally great day at work. A big thank you to my Ladies and Administrators for making this all possible! Another GREAT Santa Breakfast in the books!”

BEAVER FALLS “Beaver Falls High School enjoyed a little Food Fusion today. Mandarin Chicken Fried Rice in a Waffle Cone!”

@IroquoisTNG

IROQUOIS “Getting in the creative spirit to share some treats for the Administrative Staff. Happy Holidays to everyone from the TNG Staff at Iroquois School District!”

@TNGNilesDragons_

NILES “Grinch Day at Niles Primary School! Thank you to everyone who made today possible. #TNGFeedsKids #MomentsMatter”

@TLowerMoreland

LOWER MORELAND “Happy Thanksgiving from Lower Moreland! #TNGFeedsKids”

@TeamCassidy1

MIDLAND BOROUGH “TNG was honored to feed the Veterans, Police and First Responders at Midland Borough School District. #WeAreTNG” @ZrimsekSara

CHARTIERS VALLEY “Serving a Zesty Steak Salad in a Tortilla Bowl at Chartiers Valley HS. #TNGFeedsKids”

@TNGKiski

KISKI AREA “Our YAC at the Upper Elementary had a great time today making pizza and talking about their favorite menu items! #MomentsMater #TNGFeedsKids”

@TNG_PennCambria

PENN-CAMBRIA “We celebrated World Kindness Day at all of our schools today. The elementary schools even had smiley potatoes to brighten their day! #MomentsMatter #TNGFoodFun”

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ROSE TREE MEDIA “Omelette station, pastries, French toast, breakfast potatoes, and bacon at Rose Tree Media SD Administration Brunch! #CateringTNG”

@TNG_McKeesport

MCKEESPORT “Food Fusion!! Featuring our Cheesy Piglet Sandwich today at the middle school!”

@tng_chefguy @TNG_Aliquippa

ALIQUIPPA “JSHS Lunch! Pizza is always a tasty choice.”

@TNG_Montgomery

MONTGOMERY COUNTY “A very proud student at Harding Avenue Elementary brings his Grandpa in for a Veterans Day Lunch! Thank you for your service, sir!”

@TNG_MaplewoodLocal

MAPLEWOOD LOCAL “Lots of choices today at Maplewood High School! Our current favorite, Protein Packs! #TNGFeedsKids”

@Susan_Veitchers

NEW KENSINGTON-ARNOLD “One of my FAVORITE nights of the year! Community Holiday Dinner served with love by the TNG team!”

@TNGYellow

YELLOW SPRINGS “NEW ITEM! Come get a delicious chicken alfredo meatball hoagie. It’s savory chicken meatballs baked in a creamy alfredo sauce topped with mozzarella cheese. Yummy!”

@TNG_CarrollCo

CARROLL COUNTY “We do birthday parties, y’all! Simply place your order with us and the rest is taken care of! #WeAreTNG #MomentsMatter”

@TheBurg_Cafe

WHEELERSBURG “Wellness Wednesday Broccoli Salad sampled by elementary students at Wheelersburg!”

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ENLIGHTENED experience with

Providing Opportunities For Student Workers

In the waking hours of a new school day, Yough School District’s High School cafeteria is buzzing with activity preparing for their daily lunch crowd. They make homemade pizzas that will fly off the line and fill drink coolers in anticipation of the lunch rush. The cafeteria at Yough is supported by workers that are gaining more than a paycheck. TNG hires special needs students to participate in an ever-growing and innovative partnership between TNG and their districts to help students gain work experience and life-skills. K12 food service doesn’t allow for the longer hours and shifts that traditional food service workers prefer. Several districts rely on substitute workers to fill the gaps, but also find it challenging to fill those spots. TNG’s forward-thinking approach to filling empty positions is focused on student workers. Along with special needs students, traditional students want to participate in workstudy programs, but many are unable to

Hanna (middle) is involved in the Yough Works Program. She enjoys making pizzas and joking with the ladies!

Tyler (left) and Michael (right) work with Food Service Director Jason Piel at AIU. Jason says they are amazing workers and he would “hire them both in a heartbeat”.

do so due to transportation needs. TNG offers flexibility to students with shifts that are short and tasks that are easy and achievable. Through the partnership, these schools work with the students to find job opportunities in the cafeteria that fit into their schedule. It’s a win-win — the students learn important life skills, job skills, and enjoy receiving payment for their effort while helping to fill voids in the K12 workforce. Yough School District and TNG focus on offering students with special needs a chance to build useable life skills to prepare them to enter the workforce after graduation if that is their goal, while others may use the opportunity to build their social skills through on-the-job interaction outside of the classroom.

Food Service Director Brenda Wineland stated that the interaction builds positive relationships with the full-time staff too. “The students get to be around adults and socially interact with our employees”. She continued to say, “The other day the girls were going to a Valentine’s Day dance and the ladies were showing them dance moves. They couldn’t wait to hear how the dance went when they came in the next day.”

Andy Bergman, Regional Manager, shares this story of success from TNG’s Yough Works Program. “We hired our first student and we are about one month into her working in various schools throughout the district and she is doing a wonderful job. I got an email from a district representative who works closely with this student and they wanted us to know the huge impact us hiring this student had on the student’s academic and personal life. The representative stated that this student’s grades and attendance have done a total 360 since starting the new job. They stated they can now see a selfconfidence and motivational purpose in this student that was not there previously. I learned opportunities like this for these students mean so much more than we will ever realize!”