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Fundraiser means a school-sponsored activity where food or nonfood items are sold on the school campus during regular school hours by a school-sponsored organization to raise money for a school-related program or activity.

Example: You can have multiple fundraisers per day but no more than 30 days. Example: Music, Debate, and Dance clubs could all have activities on the same day and count as one day out of your 30.  Each club having its fundraisers on a different day will be three days out of 30.

Exempt fundraisers are tracked and monitored by the school wellness representative (or school financial technician, or principal, or principal designee) and records are kept in the school wellness policy Google Drive.

What is a Wellness Policy?

A local school wellness policy is a written document of official policies that guide a local educational agency (LEA) or school district’s efforts to establish a school environment that promotes students’ health, well-being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity. 

Key Areas of Our Wellness Policy

• Nutrition Education

• Physical activity

• Other school-based strategies that are designed to promote student wellness.

Wellness Policy Documents

• LCPS Wellness Policy

• LCPS Wellness Regulations

• Triennial Assessment 2023-2024

• Triennial Assessment 2018-2021

Wellness Policy Communication Resources

• USDA Team Nutrition Local School Wellness Policy Outreach Toolkit

Additional School Wellness Resources

• Smart Snack Guidelines

• A list of Smart Snack Approved Products currently sold in our cafeterias 

• Virginia Fundraisers 101 and Smart Snack Guidelines

• Healthy Snack & Beverage Ideas from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• Creative Fundraising Ideas from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• Celebrations That Support Child Health from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• Smart Snack Venue Survey Tool from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• USDA Guide to Smart Snacks

• Competitive Food Inventory Sheet from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation 

• Sample Vendor Letter for Vending Machines from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• Sample Healthy Celebration Survey for Students from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

• Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Scorecard 

• 60 Strategies for Implementing Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Scorecard

• President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition

• USDA Final Rule and Guidance for Wellness Policy Implementation

• Wellness Scope of Work and Implementation Matrix

• Tracking Fundraisers in Schools

• Virginia Cooperative Extension for School Garden Resources

Get involved with suggestions, comments, and questions! 

Students, parents, teachers, staff members, food service professionals, health professionals, and other interested community partners are invited to be a part of the developing, implementing, monitoring, periodically reviewing and updating of the Division Wellness Policy.

If interested, please reach out to School Nutrition Services.

Contact: Irene Stevens : 540-751-2690

For further gardening information, see below resources: 

LCPS Farm to School Initiatives

Virginia Cooperative Extension for School Garden Resources

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