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April 14-18, 2025

Dallas, Texas

CACFP · Afterschool Meals · Summer Food

CACFP Meal Patterns | CEU Specialty 2

Fun and Flavorful Themed CACFP Menu Planning

Who doesn't like a good theme? Themed parties, costumes, and even menus! Explore how to design menus inspired by seasonal events, cultural celebrations, and kids' favorite stories. Take home a month's worth of menus for any celebratory or festive occasion by bringing new flavor to your CACFP program — one theme at a time.

  1. Discover different themes for use in your menu planning.
  2. Understand how to implement a theme menu planning approach.
  3. Obtain a menu compliance checklist for checking menu accuracy.

Presented by

Melinda Nguyen Web 3

Melinda Nguyen, MS, RDN, LD

Nutrition Education Specialist, National CACFP Association

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Thank you to our...

Partners
Sponsors
HEB Hunger Relief

Exhibitors

Silver Level

Champion Foodservice

Food & Supply Source

Food For Good by Pepsico

General Mills

KidKare by Minute Menu

MH Miles Company, CPA, PC

Oliver Packaging and Equipment

Optimum Foods

 

Bronze Level

Amazing Fruit Products

Arlington Valley Farms

Ben E. Keith Company

Butter Buds Inc.

CenterPilot, LLC

Choice Partners Cooperative

Darlington Snacks

Dole Packaged Foods

E S Foods

Fresh Baby

G.A. Systems, Inc.

Gaia Software

Harvest Hill Beverage Company

Health-e Pro

Highland Beef Farms

Hiland Dairy Foods

IPS Rebates

JA Foodservice/Packaged Meal Kits

Kaplan Early Learning Company

Link2Feed

Logatot

MBC Companies (Bake Crafters & Nardone Bros. Brands)

McLane Hunger Solutions

Miss Olive's Meals and Snap Gourmet Foods

My Food Program

Myers and Stauffer LC

National Pork Board/Texas Pork Producers Association

Niagara Bottling, LLC

Novick Childcare Solutions

Peterson Farms Family of Companies

PrimeroEdge State Solutions

Rebellyous Foods

StarKist

SunButter

Tarrier Foods/Rockin'ola

The J.M. Smucker Co.

Umoja Nutrition Security Solutions

Whitsons Culinary Group

Your Part Time Controller (YPTC)

Nonprofit Level

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI)

Dr. Yum Project

Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN)

Early Learning Ventures

Mushroom Council

Penn State Extension Better Kid Care Program

Team Nutrition

Texas Department of Agriculture

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