To: Steve Payne, Executive Principal, Jackie Schornick, Associate Principal for Curriculum, and Donna Pyatt, Business Office
HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines in Allen High School
Allen High School has over 5,000 students, making it the third largest high school in Texas. It has a huge impact on the community including students, staff and parents. Allen High School excels in many many areas however, the access to nutritious and healthful foods on campus is lacking. Having HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines on campus will dramatically benefit Allen High School in a number of ways including:
- ensuring a healthier, happier, and more productive student body
- creating a better future for our nation’s youth
- boosting your school’s test scores across the board
- reducing disciplinary problems
- becoming compliant with new USDA nutrition standards
- keeping demanding parents happy
We are proposing that Allen High School remove the junk food machines form campus and replace them with HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. (healthyvending.com)
Referenced below are the reasons why we feel that having Healthy Vending machines on campus is NECESSARY and why HUMAN is the best program for Allen High School.
• Its proven that schools make MORE money across the board when they replace their traditional vending machines with HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. Replacing junk vending machines with healthy vending machines could increase Allen High Schools annual commissions by 110% and decrease energy costs by 77%! There’s a common misconception that healthy food doesn’t sell and is less popular than “junk food.” The truth is that kids love today’s healthy snacks and drinks MORE than potato chips and soda.
• The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires the USDA to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools – beyond federally supported school meals programs. The USDA has recently proposed a new “Smart Snacks In School” rule as part of this act that will effectively ban “junk food” sold in traditional vending machines. When this rule is finalized, roughly 100,000 schools nationwide will be scrambling to get their traditional vending machines out and healthy vending machines in.
• You’ll Also Be Shaping A Better Future For Our Nation’s Children. Healthy Vending is a powerful weapon in the fight against childhood obesity. Many children will suffer from mental and emotional damage, in addition to heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, or asthma as a result of poor nutrition. And perhaps the most shocking statistic of all… obesity is almost always permanent. An alarming 80% of kids that become obese during childhood will stay obese as adults.
• Healthy vending machines provide convenient access to healthy drinks and snacks for students and when they replace traditional vending machines they REMOVE one of the major causes of obesity. Also, most people don’t realize that some kids eat the MAJORITY of their food at school. You – as the principal/administrator – have a larger say over what some children eat than their parents!
• Healthy Vending Means Better Test Scores & Better Behavior. In addition to reducing childhood obesity, healthy vending has been shown to improve the performance of children on tests and is linked to improved attentiveness in class and a decrease in disciplinary incidents.
In 2004, a Wisconsin school district ran a program featuring healthy food in its cafeterias and vending machines combined with physical activity promotion. Classroom behavior improved dramatically. Teachers and principals reported fewer cases of student interruption, fidgeting and foul language as well as improved concentration and attendance. Now, not only are the improvements to student performance and behavior significant, but…When You Have Healthier Students, You Also Have Happier Parents.
• HUMAN Healthy Vending program is FREE for the school. They can even help remove the old machines (with no work or effort needed on the schools part). The program also comes with the following guarantees:
1) 90-Day Risk-Free Guarantee
If, after 90 days, you don't think our program is a hassle-free, valuable, and unique addition to your school for any reason, HUMAN will remove the machines.
2) 90-Day Higher Commission Guarantee*
If, after 90 days, you're not making more money in vending commissions than you did with your previous vendor, HUMAN will pay you the difference!
*verification of past commission payments must be provided.
3) 90-Day Energy Savings Guarantee
If, after 90 days, the school is not saving money on energy costs, HUMAN will remove its machines and arrange for your old machines to be re-installed.
- ensuring a healthier, happier, and more productive student body
- creating a better future for our nation’s youth
- boosting your school’s test scores across the board
- reducing disciplinary problems
- becoming compliant with new USDA nutrition standards
- keeping demanding parents happy
We are proposing that Allen High School remove the junk food machines form campus and replace them with HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. (healthyvending.com)
Referenced below are the reasons why we feel that having Healthy Vending machines on campus is NECESSARY and why HUMAN is the best program for Allen High School.
• Its proven that schools make MORE money across the board when they replace their traditional vending machines with HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. Replacing junk vending machines with healthy vending machines could increase Allen High Schools annual commissions by 110% and decrease energy costs by 77%! There’s a common misconception that healthy food doesn’t sell and is less popular than “junk food.” The truth is that kids love today’s healthy snacks and drinks MORE than potato chips and soda.
• The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires the USDA to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools – beyond federally supported school meals programs. The USDA has recently proposed a new “Smart Snacks In School” rule as part of this act that will effectively ban “junk food” sold in traditional vending machines. When this rule is finalized, roughly 100,000 schools nationwide will be scrambling to get their traditional vending machines out and healthy vending machines in.
• You’ll Also Be Shaping A Better Future For Our Nation’s Children. Healthy Vending is a powerful weapon in the fight against childhood obesity. Many children will suffer from mental and emotional damage, in addition to heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, or asthma as a result of poor nutrition. And perhaps the most shocking statistic of all… obesity is almost always permanent. An alarming 80% of kids that become obese during childhood will stay obese as adults.
• Healthy vending machines provide convenient access to healthy drinks and snacks for students and when they replace traditional vending machines they REMOVE one of the major causes of obesity. Also, most people don’t realize that some kids eat the MAJORITY of their food at school. You – as the principal/administrator – have a larger say over what some children eat than their parents!
• Healthy Vending Means Better Test Scores & Better Behavior. In addition to reducing childhood obesity, healthy vending has been shown to improve the performance of children on tests and is linked to improved attentiveness in class and a decrease in disciplinary incidents.
In 2004, a Wisconsin school district ran a program featuring healthy food in its cafeterias and vending machines combined with physical activity promotion. Classroom behavior improved dramatically. Teachers and principals reported fewer cases of student interruption, fidgeting and foul language as well as improved concentration and attendance. Now, not only are the improvements to student performance and behavior significant, but…When You Have Healthier Students, You Also Have Happier Parents.
• HUMAN Healthy Vending program is FREE for the school. They can even help remove the old machines (with no work or effort needed on the schools part). The program also comes with the following guarantees:
1) 90-Day Risk-Free Guarantee
If, after 90 days, you don't think our program is a hassle-free, valuable, and unique addition to your school for any reason, HUMAN will remove the machines.
2) 90-Day Higher Commission Guarantee*
If, after 90 days, you're not making more money in vending commissions than you did with your previous vendor, HUMAN will pay you the difference!
*verification of past commission payments must be provided.
3) 90-Day Energy Savings Guarantee
If, after 90 days, the school is not saving money on energy costs, HUMAN will remove its machines and arrange for your old machines to be re-installed.
Why is this important?
We are proposing that Allen High School remove the junk food machines from campus and replace them with HUMAN Healthy Vending Machines. Having healthy vending machines on campus would provide nutritious healthy snack options vs. junk food for the staff and students. It also will help the school make more money to better fund student programs and staff support.
HUMAN also donates 10% of profits to charities that fight the causes of childhood obesity – a rapidly growing national epidemic that negatively affects kids’ learning, health and (unfortunately) self-esteems.
HUMAN also donates 10% of profits to charities that fight the causes of childhood obesity – a rapidly growing national epidemic that negatively affects kids’ learning, health and (unfortunately) self-esteems.