Upcoming events

2009 Legislative Action Conference
March  1st – 4th
Washington D.C.

ISNA Spring Board Meeting
March 13th, 2009
Boise, Idaho

2009 ISNA State Mini Conferences
Areas 3 &4    
April 4th  Mountain View High School
                Meridian, Idaho

Areas 6, 7, & 8
May 2nd  Jerome Middle School
                Jerome, Idaho

Areas 1 & 2
August 7th  Kellogg High School
                    Kellogg, Idaho

2009 SNA National Conference
June 29th – July 2nd
Las Vegas, NV

ISNA Elections
February 2009.  Ballots and Mini Conference Registration will be mailed with your ISNA Magazine “Idaho Spud – Eye on Nutrition”

Our Mission -
Idaho Promotes Nutritious Meals for Healthy Minds and Bodies
Our Vision
  • To Offer the Best Meals Possible to the Most Children Possible
Our Core Values
  • Development of the Whole Child
  • Professional Development and Growth
  • Healthy Lifestyles and Lifelong Learning
  • Camaraderie, Community Involvement and Fun
Who are we?
  • We are a statewide association of school and childcare food service professionals, industry representatives, and child nutrition consultants who are committed to furthering the goals of the organization.
  • To meet our goal of providing nutritious meals for children, we place a strong emphasis on continuing education for all food service and child nutrition professionals by sponsoring workshops and conferences yearly.
  • Our 935 members touch the lives of children in Idaho every day.
Message from the President

Welcome back to school ... We had our first board meeting in October and reviewed our Mission, Vision, and Core Value statements. Plans are being made for our 2008 State Conference in Idaho Falls from June 22 - 26. Our National SNA President, Mary Hill, will attend our conference this year, this is quite an honor. The National President only gets to visit on a rotating schedule and this is Idaho's turn. She is a wonderful President and you will enjoy meeting with her.

Legislative Action Conference, in Washington DC, will be held March 2-5. Kay Noris, ISNA Legislative Representative, will lead our delegation from Idaho. Carolyn Sullivan, Judy Loughmiller, Jean Jensen along with Kay will attend the conference and "Charge the Hill" for child nutrition.

We are sending our FIRST ever "Future Leader Representative" to leadership this year. The board voted to send our Area 8 Representative, Eva Niederer from Ririe School District. She will go in addition to our President elect, Carolyn Sullivan from Jerome and the Vice President, Judy Loughmiller from Nampa. Leadership conference is in Colorado Springs this year from April 24-26. Eva will attend the Future Leader conference from April 22-26. We look forward to hearing about their experience this spring.

Keep recruiting new members. We are close to our 2008 goal of 953 members. As of November 2007, we had 939. Keep signing up those new members and renewing existing members. Check out the School Nutrition Association web site to keep up on the national news at schoolnutrition.org

We are close to putting together our first ever ISNA Magazine. Bonnie Helsing from Rigby is working hard. Thank you Bonnie for all you do!

Thank you for the opportunity to represent Idaho as your president this year. It is an honor to have this chance to make a difference. E-mail me anytime with items that you wish to be heard. I will get an answer for you. My e-mail is jjlunchmom@msn.com

Hope to hear from you soon!

Jean Jensen, ISNA President