Our Involvement with the Orfalea Fund

The s’Cool Food Initiative  is a project of the Orfalea Fund.  In keeping with its long history of involvement in children’s health and education initiatives, the Orfalea Fund devoted the 2007-2008 school year to conducting a comprehensive, county-wide, school food needs assessment and educational campaign focusing on the connection between school food and the health of the community.  The findings from this assessment resulted in recommendations directed at improving school meal programs while simultaneously improving community health.  Many of these recommendations are now being implemented in Santa Barbara County school districts. A summary of this assessment can be found here.

The Orfalea Foundations’ three other current initiatives include Aware and Prepare, the Outdoor Classroom Project, Preschool Food and Explore Program.  For more information on The Orfalea Foundations, please visit www.OrfaleaFoundations.org.