Local Philadelphia School Receives Donation To Encourage Healthy Eating Habits
ACME Markets & UNCLE BEN'S® Brand team up to provide St. Laurence School with funds for its cafeteria
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Students at St. Laurence School may soon see some positive changes in their cafeteria thanks to a donation by ACME Markets and the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand. St. Laurence School received the donation as part of ACME's retail participation in the UNCLE BEN'S® Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, which is designed to inspire healthy lifelong eating habits by encouraging parents and kids to cook together. Part of the Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest includes helping schools reinforce those healthy habits by supporting local school cafeterias in their efforts to create a culture of health.
"We strive to partner with organizations that promote nutrition education so we're thrilled to team up locally with the Uncle Ben's® Brand on this national program," said Jim Perkins, president of ACME Markets. "We're excited that a school in our community can directly benefit from this unique contest."
As part of the Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, individual grand prize winners receive money to makeover their schools' cafeterias. This donation to St. Laurence School is a great complement to the Ben's Beginners™ movement of inspiring healthy lifelong eating habits.
St. Laurence School will use the $5,000 donation to replace the oven in their cafeteria. Sister MaryAnne Bolger, the school's principal, said this donation came at the right time since the oven has been malfunctioning and they were unsure of how to fund a new one.
"We are thrilled that ACME Markets and the Uncle Ben's® Brand have given us this generous donation. The faculty and lunchroom staff are very excited, especially since this came at a time when the cafeteria was in need," said Sister MaryAnne Bolger, Principal. "We're excited to see the impact that this lunchroom update will do to promote healthy lifestyles in our students."
"The goal of Ben's Beginners™ is to inspire more people to get in the kitchen together," said Tim Snyder, vice president of sales, Mars Food US, the parent company of the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand. "By partnering with ACME Markets, we hope to inspire retailers and schools nationwide to promote healthy eating for children."
To celebrate, St. Laurence School will have a check presentation with ACME Markets and the UNCLE BEN'S® sales team on November 24, 2014 at 10:30am. More information on Ben's Beginners™, kid-friendly recipe ideas and cooking tips can be found at www.unclebens.com.
About the UNCLE BEN'S® Brand
The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand, the number one rice brand in America, is proud to offer a wide range of rice dishes with flavors and textures that will help bring more to your meals, both for convenient side dishes and savory main courses. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand offers a wide variety of white, whole grain brown, and flavoured rices in cook times ranging from 30 minutes to 90 seconds, as well as rice for food service operations such as restaurants, schools and hospitals. The first mass-produced parboiled rice, UNCLE BEN'S® Brand is the top-selling branded rice in the United States and products can be found in more than 100 countries worldwide. The UNCLE BEN'S® Brand products are manufactured by Mars Food NA, part of Mars, Incorporated. For more information, visit www.unclebens.com.
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