DIF Server up school breakfasts at La Montaña Center for                                                      Multiple Care
 

Breakfasts to benefits 4,937 children and young people
 

Nearly 70 children and young adolescents were presents as the 2008-2009 school breakfast program got underway at the “ La Montaña “ Center for Multiple Care. The school breakfast program will directly benefit 4,937 local students.
During this academic cycle, 1,667 hot breakfasts and 3,270 cold breakfast will be distributed daily at Puerto Peñasco’s elementary and preschool.
A welcome surprise was the visit of Minerva Ramirez de Renteria, Municipal DIF President, at La Montaña school. Accompanied by a team of collaborators, the DIF President personally presented the first meal, which will be served daily at the Hot Breakfast unit.
Through the creation of the School Breakfast Committee, Arminda St. Clair, Director of La Montaña, along with parents, made a commitment to DIF to carry out activities of selection and registry to weigh and measure young students, as well as organize participation in the daily preparation of meal.
Which the objective of supporting the young population, this program guarantees that children receive a daily ration of nutrients to confront problem of malnutrition and the risk of weight gain and obesity; these benefits will provide better academic performance results.
The meal will be delicious and varied and include options that can be prepared to the liking of the little ones.
DIF offers Committees training in order to assure the successful operation of the breakfast program. The program, they stated, also helps strengthen the economy of families by offering an option to reduce the consumption of junk food at schools.