The Bower Foundation has handed out $540,000 in grants to the Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Healthy Schools to fund the Nutrition Integrity 2014 Program.
The program enables schools to acquire and install new equipment in school kitchens. Mississippi schools may apply for the grant to remove and change schools’ current deep-fat fryers with combination oven steamers.
Federal Programs Related to - School Health Services
Preventive health services provided for students. School Health; School Nurses
Federal Programs Related to - Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, General/Other
Programs that provide information and services that endeavor to improve food resources and to ensure that the basic nutritional needs of the community are met.
Programs that provide information concerning the basic principles of healthful eating, food handling and preparation, and shopping skills. Includes programs on dietary choices such as vegetarianism.
Nutrition Education; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; WIC; ; Nutrition Assistance Programs; Vegetarianism.
When Hannah Davis  traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.
Bower Foundation Awards $540,000 Grants to Mississippi Office of Healthy Schools