If you live in Chester, Essex or Deep River and have children in the school system, you may be interested in an upcoming picnic-style farm dinner to benefit a new healthy lunch initiative in the schools of the Region 4 School District.
Region 4, which district comprises the three towns, already made great strides in its mission to serve healthier foods in the district when it hired Chef Thomas Peterlik as its Director of Food Services in 2010. Chef Peterlik, who is a part of the Local Beet community and former board member, comes to Region 4 with extensive food services experience. He previously served as Culinary Director of Yale University's food services and holds degrees from Cornell University and the Culinary Institute of Austria.
The new Director of Food Services has already implemented several meaningful changes in the region's school lunch menus, yet there is more to do. The issue comes down to budgetary considerations, as so often is the case. So Region 4 has teamed up with the Local Beet's Chester Village neighbor, River Tavern Restaurant, to create the Get Fresh 4 School picnic fundraiser on Saturday, June 9th, from 4:30 to 8:30. Rain date is the next day, same time. The event will benefit Region 4's efforts to bring better quality foods into our school cafeterias.
Come out and show your support of this great cause by enjoying a farm fresh, local meal served by the same people who bring fabulous open-air Dinners at the Farm every summer. Tickets for the benefit are $25 per person, and children are free. All proceeds from the picnic will go to Region 4’s new Get Fresh 4 School healthy food program. For more on the event and what Region 4 hopes to accomplish, see the Valley News Now article of May 24, 2012.
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