Fresh Fruit Friday

The fuel we put into our bodies is important, especially in the bodies of our children as they grow and develop.

The energy from a well-balanced and nutritional diet powers them, helps sustain them throughout a busy school day and gives them brain power to learn new things.

One local dad understands this implicitly and he uses his knowledge of health and fitness to create an initiative called The Healthy Kids Project.

“One of the ways we help improve the health of our kids is through nutrition,” said father of three Tim Oberg.

“And the food we consume at school, for some families, is potentially the best food they consume all day.”

With this in mind, Tim decided to help guide the school Tuck Shop into a higher health accreditation by illuminating junk food and replacing it with healthy options.

He has also introduced Fresh Fruit Friday by working with Woolworths in Cannonvale, who supply free fruit to the local school children every week on a Friday.

Last week was the first time they trialled the initiative and Tim said he was astounded by the result.

“Woolworths kindly supplied 100 pieces of fruit last Friday and it went in literally five minutes!” he said.

“They’ve offered to supply more next week just to keep up with demand!”

Fresh Fruit Friday is currently gaining momentum at Cannonvale State School and Tim says he hopes it will expand to other schools across the region, the state and even on a national level.

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Caption: The box of fresh fruit that was distributed for free at Cannonvale State School on Friday. Photo supplied

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