Meeting, Monday, July 27, 2009

Present: Doug Wood (Orchard View Schools), Doris Rucks, Gordy Alderink (GVSU), Erik Neering (Chartwell/Compass-USA), Spencer Norman, Tony Gale-Butto, Kellie Gale-Butto, Diane Miller (GVSU Intern working with the Campaign), Cynthia Price (Great Grand Rapids Food System Council), Chris Bedford

We met at The Coffee House in Norton Shores from 6:30-9pm. 

Plan for September 21, 2009.

1. We will develop an 8-10 minute video/Power Point for outreach to Muskegon County Middle School students about our campaign and goals. This production will end with the idea of EAT4MEAP. This will be distributed to teachers, administrators, and others through DVDs and on YourTube (a link from this website).

2. Chris Bedford will develop the initial draft for review by the committee by Wednesday, August 12th. He will distribute an outline and the script at various stages of development by email.

3. We will also develop a one-page guide for teachers and design buttons EAT4MEAP to be distributed in September.

4. Doug Wood offered to do an orientation for Community Education Directors in Muskegon County Schools on our program.

As part of a continuing discussion of how we might expand our outreach, Gordy Alderink spoke at length about the relationship between food and sports performance. Decisions.

1. We will help Gordy do a demonstration of food-for-sports performance by arranging a healthy, local food pre-game meal for one Muskegon County sports team during the Winter. 

2. We will use the results of this program to do a workshop/outreach on our campaign for county coaches, athletic directors, and student athletic leaders sometime in the Spring.

Erik Neering described the scope of Chartwell's feeding programs including the fact that in some districts, they feed children three times a day. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. These programs relate to work Doris Rucks and Spencer Norman are doing. They will contact Erik about cooperation and coordination.

Floyd Cook reminded us our obligation to include performance in all aspects of education, not just sports. We restated our commitment to use the September 21st outreach as a way to ask for ideas and participation from teachers, administrators, and students.

Next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 18th at 6:30pm. LOCATION. Orchard View High School.