These are the facts surrounding new wellness policies and how they may affect your fund raising efforts. Please review them and if you have any questions, please call us at 866-274-2442. Thank you.

Fact# 1 All school districts that participate in the National School Lunch Program must have a "local" wellness policy in place. This federal mandate does not restrict the in-school sale of chocolate bars for fund raising.

Fact# 2 There are no federal or state restrictions on food products as part of a school fund raiser when the sale of products is intended to take place off the school grounds after the end of the school day. Chocolate bars are considered food.

Fact# 3 The federal law that mandates wellness policies at the local level only instructs school boards to address what children eat during the school day.

Fact# 4 Current USDA regulations for food of minimal nutritional value do not prohibit chocolate bar sales in schools. Chocolate is a food, not a candy!

Fact# 5 Our chocolate bars, "THE ONE DOLLAR BAR", exceeds the minimal nutritional value established by the USDA.

Fact# 6 Chocolate bars are an excellent food item to be used for fund raising and they are still the most popular and effective form of fund raising available today.

Links to articles about the health benefits of chocolate:

http://www.wearesweet.com/articles/msnbc090301.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/20/earlyshow/saturday/main2710675.shtml