What’s on the menu? For Child Care Menu Planners May 9 - Richmond Hill

What’s on the menu? For Child Care Menu Planners May 9 - Richmond Hill

Join York Region Public Health’s dietitian Rachel Morgan for a customized in person session for menu planners (Cooks & Supervisors)

By Early Learning Professional Development

Date and time

Thu, May 9, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Location

50 High Tech Road, Room 316

50 High Tech Road Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4N7 Canada

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

What’s on the menu?

Q&A with a Public Health dietitian for child care menu planners

(cooks, supervisors, directors, owner/operators)

In Person Session

Join York Region Public Health’s dietitian Rachel Morgan for a discussion on menu planning in child care. This informal, in-person session will be hosted in a town hall format. Participants will have the opportunity for small group work, menu assessment and return to their centre with concrete steps of how they can ensure their menu meets the newest Child Care Menu Planning - Practical Guide.

Our registered dietitian will be there to answer questions from the group in a town hall format. This session is open for cooks or staff that menu plan. Please bring your centre’s menu or recipes to share in the conversation.

There will be opportunities for questions, discussion and peer sharing.

This session is intended for child care menu planners.

(cooks, supervisors, directors, owner/operators)

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location: 50 High Tech Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4N7(York Region Building)

Room 240/241

Presenter Bio:

Rachel Morgan is a Registered Dietitian with York Region Public Health and has been working in community nutrition for over 10 years. Rachel is passionate about feeding little ones and aims to make mealtimes a joyful experience for all. Rachel has worked with many community groups to support parents, educators and school staff with feeding kids. Rachel loves seeing kids enjoy food as much a she does. Prior to becoming a dietitian, Rachel worked in various child care centres and has a deep appreciation for early years staff.

This session will be in person and you will receive a reminder email the day before the session takes place.

For more information about this training and other professional development and training opportunities offered by York Region, please visit our Eventbrite Page or email capacitybuilding@york.ca.


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