Child Nutrition Services Mission
To provide services as part of the overall physical and mental well-being of each student. Child Nutrition Services understands that good nutrition is essential to a student's health and development. Child Nutrition Services encourages our students to eat nutritious school meals in an effort to enable each student to concentrate and learn.
Child Nutrition Services Vision
To provide a variety of services that include breakfast, lunch, after-school snacks, nutrition education, and other community-related services that provide a vehicle to education about the importance of proper nutrition and its relationship to education.These services will be provided using the most recent research and development in the field of dietetics and child nutrition. Child Nutrition Services is proud to provide services under the guidance of the United States Department of Agriculture. This guidance includes compliance with sanitation and nutritional guidelines.
Our Programs
Director of Child Nutrition Services
Gina Giarratana
cns@allentownsd.org
1301 Sumner Ave.,
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 484-765-4710
Fax: 484-765-4995
Managers/Cooks by School
In accordance with Federal civil rights laws and U.S. Department of Agriculture civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs, are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.