Food Services

About The Nutrition Group

The Nutrition Group, School Food Service provider offers a variety of food services to Wissahickon School District, including the provision of school lunches for all schools in compliance with the National School Lunch Program. The Nutrition Group also provides catered events and special event food services. The Nutrition Group’s goal is to meet and exceed every client’s expectations every day. “We are the company that does what we say we are going to do.”

Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the nation throughout the summer while school is out of session. Use the mapping tool below to find a site near you. New sites will be added as the school year ends and throughout the summer. Please check back often for updated information. 

Finding meals for kids when schools are closed 

More information about the Nutrition Group

What's in a school meal?

• What's in a meal? Offer vs. Serve for Elementary and Middle Schools
• What's in a meal? Offer vs. Serve for High School
• What's for breakfast? Shady Grove, Lower Gwynedd, Stony Creek, Blue Bell and Wissahickon Middle School
• Ala carte options and pricing

National School Lunch Program

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. For more information click the link below.

National School Lunch Program

Offer versus Serve (OVS) Guidelines

Offer versus Serve (OVS) is a provision in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) that allows students to decline some of the food offered. The goals of OVS are to reduce food waste in the school meals programs while permitting students to decline foods they do not intend to eat. For more information click the link below.

Offer verses Serve Guidelines

Smart Snack Guidelines

Starting in school year 2014-15, all foods sold at school during the school day are required to meet nutrition standards. The Smart Snacks in School regulation applies to foods sold a la carte, in the school store, vending machines, and any other venues where food is sold to students. Click the link below for more information.

Smart Snack Guidelines

Smart Snack Calculator

A simple tool that helps to determine whether a food or beverage meets the federal guidelines for the ala cart school program. Click the link below for more information.

Smart Snack Calculator

My School Bucks

For the 2023-24 school year, lunch meals at every school cost $2.65 or a total of $453 for the school year. Breakfast and lunch is $700 for the school year.   

MySchoolBucks
MySchoolBucks Parent Guide
MySchoolBucks FAQs

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email: Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 provides for free meals for students over the summer months. Children 18 and under can enjoy meals at participating meal sites this summer. SUN Meals are free and help your kids get the nutrition they need all summer long.

To find a location in your area:
Visit: https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder
Call: 1-866-3HUNGRY or 1-877-8HAMBRE
Text: “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 914-34-7744

Approved site locations are uploaded to the Summer Site Finder annually beginning mid-May. Throughout the summer, additional sites are added weekly as they are approved.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.