Nutrition events
Apple Crunch
What is Apple Crunch?
Celebrated during National Apple Month, Apple Crunch promotes healthy snacking. The event encourages youth and families to eat apples, and apple products (applesauce, juice, and cider) as a healthy snack.
Celebration ideas include featuring apples and apple recipes during school breakfast and lunch; apple tastings; visit to local orchards and farm markets; classroom activities and lessons focusing on apples; and storybook readings of "Johnny Appleseed".
Help encourage youth and their families to snack healthy by celebrating Apple Crunch on Wednesday, October 27, 2010.
Seeking apple product donations or discounts on bagged apple slices for your Apple Crunch celebration?
- Use our template donation letter (DOC) to contact a local orchard, farm market, or grocery store.
- Appeeling Fruit food service vendors will be eligible for a limited-time bagged apple slice discount in late October. Please ask your food service provider to contact Appeeling Fruit for details.
Monetary prizes will be available to school food service through the annual National Apple Month Contest (PDF)
Learn how schools celebrated Apple Crunch 2009! (PDF)
Apple Crunch 2010 is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Board, National Apple Month, and Appeeling Fruit.
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“The Center's annual Apple Crunch event is the ideal promotion for educating students on healthy eating and the role that apples can play in a healthy diet.”
