Friday, March 30, 2012

185,000 free pieces of fruit a year for Sth Canty kids

URL: 185,000 free pieces of fruit a year for Sth Canty kids

Tony Ryall | Health
953 South Canterbury primary school children in 6 schools are eating their way through around 185,000 free pieces of fruit this year. The National Government extended the Fruit in Schools programme two years ago to include both decile one and two primary and intermediate schools, reducing administration costs at the same time. Nationally, 96,125 primary school children in 478 schools will enjoy around 18.6 million pieces of fruit this year...