In this issue...
- Congratulations - VSCA Canteen of the Year
Awards
Winners walked the red carpet on November 30
Inaugural Glenda Smith Memorial Award
- 2009 VSCA Bushfire Appeal
Grants awarded to recipients
- 2010 VSCA Committee of Management
The pay is lousy - but the benefits are invaluable!
- School Canteens in the Press
Taste of change for school canteens
- Food for Thought
- Seasons Greetings from VSCA
The VSCA Buying Guide
About VSCA
About this newsletter / Unsubscribe
1. VSCA Canteen of the Year Awards
Congratulations, winners!
The Winners and Highly Commended in the 2009 VSCA Canteen
of the Year Awards were announced on 30 November at the VSCA
Annual Canteen Rewards Evening at Box Hill RSL.
Click
here to see a full list of the Winners and Highly Commended.
The Victorian School Canteen Association (VSCA) is pleased
to recognise and acknowledge the wonderful work being done
in Victorian school canteens. Congratulations to everyone
involved!
Full details of nominations (with photos and lots of great
ideas you could use in your own school canteen) will be published
in the "Activities & Resources" pages on VSCA's website: www.vsca.org.au
All the information and ideas submitted for the Awards (including
price lists, recipes, hints etc) is now available (in primary
or secondary/P-12 editions) to purchase as a valuable resource
from VSCA: $16.50 incl GST and postage per edition.
Inaugural VSCA Glenda Smith Memorial Award Winner
The inaugural winner in 2009 of the VSCA Glenda Smith Memorial
Award is Deb Belsar, Canteen
Manager, Strathfieldsaye Primary School.
This award celebrates outstanding excellence in school canteen
and community. It is in memory of Mrs Glenda Smith,
a legendary canteen manager from Yarrawonga Primary School,
who passed away on 5 October 2009 at the age of 57. Glenda
was a multiple prize winner over several years of the VSCA
Canteen of the Year awards. She went to extraordinary lengths
to introduce and promote healthy eating in her school's canteen.
Over many years of service as a mother of 6 children, school
councillor, parents' club president, canteen volunteer, child
care worker and canteen manager, Glenda certainly lived Yarrawonga
Primary School's motto of "Strive and Achieve Together".
VSCA was very pleased to have Vicki and Sharon, representatives
of Yarrawonga Primary School, as guests at our 30 November
Rewards Evening for the announcement of this new annual Award
in honour of their late friend and colleague.
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| Deb Belsar,
Canteen Manager, Strathfieldsaye Primary School (centre),
inaugural recipient of the VSCA Glenda Smith
Memorial Award, with Yarrawonga Primary School
representatives Sharon (left) and Vicki |
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2. 2009 VSCA Bushfire Appeal
Grants awarded to recipients
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the appeal
that VSCA ran during 2009 to raise funds for bushfire affected
school canteens in Victoria.
VSCA Canteen Services Pty Ltd sponsored all the administration
and other costs involved in running the appeal. This meant
that every single cent raised went to the beneficiaries.
A total of $2278.50 was raised. Generous donations were received
from:
- companies (Flexi Schools, Nichirei Australia)
- school communities in New South Wales, South Australia,
Victoria and Western Australia
- the Western Australian School Canteen Association
- private individuals (Kelly Neville and anonymous donors)
After consulting the Victorian Department of Education and
Early Childhood Development, and much thought and discussion,
the VSCA Committee of Management decided to equally divide
the funds raised between one primary and one secondary school:
- Kinglake West Primary School, $1139.25
- Whittlesea Secondary College, $1139.25
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The Student Welfare Co-ordinator from Whittlesea Secondary
College was present at VSCA's Annual Canteen Rewards
Evening on 30 November to receive their donation. She
spoke about the devastating impact of the fires on their
school community - 19 students and staff from their
school perished in the Black Saturday fires. She also
talked about their recovery since which has been slow
and difficult, and will be ongoing. Their school welfare
team comprised of 4 youth workers, a nurse and a chaplain
has made 2488 individual consultations with some 800
people this year. VSCA's donation may assist in the
purchase of a new refrigerator for their canteen.
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Sue Muir, Student Welfare Co-ordinator, Whittlesea Secondary
College, receiving a donation to her school of $1139.25
from VSCA's 2009 fundraising appeal for Victorian school
canteens affected by the February 2009 Black Saturday
bushfires |
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3. 2010 VSCA Committee of Management
At VSCA's Annual General Meeting held on 30 November, the
voluntary Committee of Management was elected for the coming
year. Thank you to Annie, Desie, Marg, Prue, Sharon, Silvia
and Suzi for putting up their hands!
Would you like to be a VSCA Committee Member?
We still have some vacancies on the Committee and we urge
you to consider joining. We meet on the third Saturday afternoon
of each month in Box Hill.
The pay is lousy - you do not get paid anything at all for
your service!
But the benefits are invaluable - you will gain much in friendship,
laughter, support, information, and a broader view of the
canteen world outside your own school. You will experience
the special sense of achievement and the warm fuzzy feeling
that comes from working with like-minded people on the shared
goals of advocating for and assisting school canteen people
around Victoria.
There are opportunities to participate in special projects,
to grow personally and to develop skills. You can have a voice
and you certainly will be heard! There is always room for
each committee member to express themselves and to use their
own special skills to work for the good of the Association.
Are you not able to attend meetings or too busy to serve
as a VSCA Committee Member? Perhaps you'd like to be a VSCA
Supporter? Would you like to help out on a one-off
basis when VSCA is organising an event or an activity? It
may be a workshop in your area, or VSCA's annual School Canteen
Expo. We always need extra help at different times and it
would be great to be able to call on you!
Please contact us if you feel able to help or participate
in any way. We'd love to hear from you!
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5. Food For Thought
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"The best and most beautiful
things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller
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VSCA has developed a range of new resources with quotes like
the one above to use for thanking those who help you at any
time during the year. Resources can be ordered at any time
from VSCA.
VSCA Quote
Notes: a mini thank you note with a
difference! Approx business card size with special quote on
the front, blank back. Assorted quotes, assorted colours,
90-100gsm paper. Set of 8 Quote Notes, $1.10 (incl GST & postage)
VSCA Gift
Cards: a little gift card with a difference!
Small gift card, single fold, with special quote on the front,
blank inside. Assorted quotes, assorted colours, 90-100gsm
paper. Set of 4 Gift Cards, $1.10 (incl GST & postage)
VSCA Thank You Cards:
a thank you card with a difference! Approx A6 size, single
fold, with special quote on the front, blank inside. Assorted
quotes, assorted colours, 90-100gsm paper. Set of 2 Thank
You Cards, $1.10 (incl GST & postage)
To order (any quantity), please contact VSCA by phone, fax,
email or snail mail.
Here is a suggestion for using a VSCA Quote Note, Gift Card
or Thank You Card: choose a quote that suits, write "This
quote reminds me of you. Thanks for helping", sign it
and give it at any time of the year to thank those who have
helped (eg. at end of the year, birthday time, festive season,
or just as a thank you surprise at any time!)
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6. Seasons
Greetings
All of the team at VSCA wishes you all the very best
for the festive season. We hope you will be able to rest and
relax a little over the summer break.
May 2010 be happy, healthy and successful and everything
you would wish for you and yours.
Best wishes and happy munching!
Prue
VSCA
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The VSCA Buying Guide for School Canteens
The purpose of the VSCA Buying Guide is to help
you identify products and services that are in line with Victorian
government policy for use in your school canteen and other
school food services. It is an ideal tool to help you find
products and services for all your school food needs. You
can revitalise your menu, get new ideas, add variety, organise
special days, plan food events and improve your school canteen.
VSCA Registered Products are very carefully
assessed according to Victorian
government nutrient criteria, and are allocated a 'VSCA
Rating' to help you to select healthier choices for your canteen.
The VSCA Buying Guide contains a listing of
VSCA
Registered Products and Services including varieties,
'VSCA Rating' and serve size. Linked information about VSCA
Registering Companies helps you find more information
and to source and order products for your school.
Where do I get it?
The best place for you to find the VSCA Buying
Guide is online! This gives you the most up to date information.
It is "paper free" and so environmentally friendly!
The online Buying Guide is continuously updated
to make sure you have the most current information to help
you implement the latest Victorian
government policy for school food in your school canteen.
New products and resources are being added all the time! You
can find out more information about some products by clicking
on the underlined product name, and you can print pages that
interest you (for best results, change your Page Setup to
Landscape before printing).
If you wish, you can receive a printable copy
of the whole VSCA Buying Guide by email - to request a copy,
please email VSCA.
Or, if you are a VSCA member and you'd like
a "hard copy" on paper, we can print the VSCA Buying Guide
and send it to you by snail mail at a cost per copy of $9.90
incl GST.
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About VSCA
The Victorian School Canteen Association (VSCA) is an incorporated
association (A0013400G), founded in the early 1980s and legally
incorporated in 1987.
A voluntary committee manages VSCA. Committee members are
from schools around Victoria, and are elected at the Annual
General Meeting each November.
VSCA is an independent, self-help, community-based, non
government organisation. It is for school representatives
involved or interested in any kind of school food service:
canteens, tuckshops, cafeterias, special lunch days, etc.
VSCA provides a support network for school canteen people
to work together and help each other.
VSCA Canteen Services Pty Ltd is a unique private company
that works in collaboration with the Victorian School Canteen
Association to undertake joint projects and activities, and
to operate the Association's Secretariat.
To find out more about the Victorian School Canteen Association
Inc and VSCA Canteen Services Pty Ltd, please visit our website:
www.vsca.org.au.
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'Can Chat' is the electronic newsletter of the
Victorian School Canteen Association Inc. It is distributed
to Victorian schools by email with the purpose of furthering
VSCA's aim of helping school canteen people to help themselves,
to provide the best possible food service, and to promote
networking and information exchange relevant to school canteens
around Victoria. For more information about VSCA's aims and
objectives, please visit www.vsca.org.au/02Aims.htm
Every effort is made to ensure the information
contained in 'Can Chat' is accurate, relevant and up to date.
However information may be subject to change. Responsibility
for information provided by third parties remains with the
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the reader's responsibility to assess the accuracy and relevance
of any information for their own purposes.
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Thank you and happy munching!
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