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Feed the Read


Feed the Read
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Feed the Read

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Hey teachers, start the Feed the Read program at your school today!

Inspire your students with Feed the Read, a reading rewards program designed with you and your students in mind. It’s easy to participate with the tools, support, and rewards that we provide. Let’s dive into a good book, and a good meal, together!

What is Feed the Read?

Feed the Read is a reading rewards program for elementary and middle school children in the Madison area.

How does Feed the Read work?

Teachers will set the reading minute goals per month for their individual classrooms. Throughout the month, students will track their minutes of reading at home on a paper calendar. At the end of the month, the students will bring in their paper calendar verifying their minutes read. If the student reached the teachers goal for the month, they will be awarded a coupon for a free meal at any of the participating Food Fight Restaurants.

What are the details regarding the free meal coupon?

Each teacher will be given a year’s supply of free meal coupons. At the end of each month as the students turn in their calendars, the teacher will simply fill out the information on the coupon, including teacher’s name, grade level and date issued, and hand them directly to the student. The students will take the free meal coupon home to share with their family. The coupons can be redeemed at the restaurant of their choice. The coupon is good for one free children’s meal off of the restaurant kids menu. It is for dine-in only, and is good for one month after the issue date.

Completed calendars are not valid for redemption. Please turn in all your hard work for your FREE meal certificate.

What resources are there for teachers to administer in Feed the Read?

We have made it so easy for teachers and the school district to participate in this program by providing monthly calendars to download and other tools to motivate kids to read.


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YMCA


YMCA

Creating Healthy Habits One Bite at a Time

The YMCA of Dane County and the Food Fight Restaurant Group have come together to make it easier for families to choose healthy, great tasting food when dining out at favorite local restaurants.


In support of the Y5210 program, the restaurant group has developed a set of kids’ meals that reflect the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics standards. Kids’ meals will offer water or low fat milk for a beverage, will highlight a fruit or veggie option and will contain less than 8 grams of sugar. The menu items featured will contain whole grains and no foods are fried or pre fried.

The menus linked here show the featured items. They are also posted online on each restaurant’s individual page and are available on the kids’ menus at each restaurant. A small “Y” symbol has been added to approved items to make it easy for families to make healthy decisions.

About YMCA

At the YMCA of Dane County, Inc. we are committed to reaching out and touching as many lives as we can, so that we can improve the quality of life for ALL within our area by moving the mark on huge societal issues such as youth obesity, academic readiness and total family health. The YMCA is the best equipped nonprofit service organization to effect change.
Our focus is on kids and families beginning at birth, helping to prepare them for kindergarten and support them through their school age years, before, during, after school and summers. We partner with schools as the leading feeder program to their elementary programs providing nationally recognized comprehensive curriculum because we believe all children deserve the best chance to be successful.
We believe the values and skills learned early on are vital building blocks for quality of life and future success, making for confident kids today, contributing and engaged adults tomorrow.