northhillscares Awards & Recognitions, Summer Lunch Program

NHC Presented with NATIONAL Gold Award! | USDA’s 2023 Turnip the Beet Award

North Hills Cares is honored to have been awarded a gold level recognition from the USDA’s national program Turnip the Beet. In 2022, we received a silver award for our lunch program. Thanks to our hard-working board members and volunteers, we advanced to the gold award for the 2023 program year!

The Turnip the Beet Award recognizes outstanding summer meal program sponsors across the nation who work hard to offer high quality meals to children that are appetizing, appealing, and nutritious during the summer months.

The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recognized 140 summer meal sponsors across the country with Turnip the Beet awards for excellence in program year 2023:
– 55 sponsors qualified for a gold award
– 67 qualified for a silver award
– 18 qualified for a bronze award

Only FIFTY-FIVE gold awards were given across the United States. North Hills Cares was one of TWO sponsors recognized with gold awards in Pennsylvania.

This award is given based on quality. We pride ourselves on our high quality meal program, and we know that it wouldn’t be possible without all of our volunteers. THANK YOU for helping us exceed expectations and give all children the kind of meals they deserve.

Additionally, the incredible meals we offer at our lunch program wouldn’t be what they are if it weren’t for Beth McIntyre, the summer lunch program manager, and Patty Parkhill. Beth and Patty work tirelessly to create menus that meet all necessary requirements and then some. All of the shopping, planning, decision-making, and brilliant ideas for the summer menus are thanks to Beth and Patty’s endless dedication to our mission. THANK YOU.

Thank you to FNS for this honor!

→ Read more about Turnip the Beet here: https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/turnip-the-beet

northhillscares Announcements, Food Collections

Cereal Drive on 6/20 from 3-6pm at The Block Northway’s Kids Safety Event!

The Block Northway will be collecting donations of cold or hot cereal items to help support North Hills Cares’ efforts during their Kids Safety Event on Thursday, June 20th from 3-6pm.

Collections bins will be set up inside the South Corridor between Lands’ End and DSW.

For every box of donated cereal or $5 donation, you can choose a coupon worth $5 or more from a local restaurant as a thank you! Together we can make a difference.

→ Read more about the Kids Safety Event here: https://theblocknorthway.com/the-block-northway-to-host-6th-annual-kids-safety-event/

We ask everyone to please help support this worthy cause if you can and help combat food insecurity in our communities. Your donations of cold or hot cereal will help fill the shelves of local food pantries.

– The Block Northway