Unity serves breakfast, two snacks, and lunch daily. Weekly menus are posted on the bulletin board by the front office. Please check the daily schedule in your child’s classroom for mealtimes. Our food program is provided at no additional charge to parents. We provide high-quality meals using beans, cheese, eggs, and nuts as protein sources. We serve low-sugar, homemade snacks, whole grain breads, and fresh vegetables and fruits as often as possible. As part of our health curriculum, each class learns about healthy foods, which is reinforced daily during meal times.

 

We receive funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist with our meal program costs. This program also supports meal programs in public schools. Our meals must meet USDA standards for the types and quantities of foods included. We expect all children to participate in the program. We request that you do not send a box lunch, snacks, or other foods with your child.

 

We enjoy family-style dining, allowing children to help themselves from serving bowls. The staff joins the children at the table, demonstrating healthy eating habits by consuming all the nutritious food provided and encouraging the children to follow suit. Seconds are offered. The children clear their own dishes into the bus tubs, scraping leftovers for compost and disposing of paper products in the waste basket.

 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
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. "Free language assistance and meal accommodations are available. You may contact Susanne Hodson, Executive Director of Unity School at 541-484-0107 to help make those accommodations."
 

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 USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: Filing a Program Complaint as a USDA Customer webpage, 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. To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a

Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online here: 

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