Great Big Crunch 2022
Posted: February 17, 2022
Categories: Events / Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / School Food News / Schools
The virtual Canada-wide Great Big Crunch is back this year, taking place on March 10, 2022!
The Great Big Crunch, an annual event started by FoodShare Toronto in 2008, is a national movement in which students, teachers, parents, and anyone else passionate about food, crunch into apples (or any crunchy fruit/vegetable) together in support of a universal school food program.
To date, more than 1 million participants have joined in!
This year, the Coalition for Healthy School Food is hosting another virtual Great Big Crunch on March 10th (which is also International School Meals Day) from 1 – 1:30 p.m. EST, with special activities planned for students.
The 2022 Great Big Crunch Toolkit shares ideas for how to organize a Crunch at your school, workplace or home. Here’s how to get involved:
Register
Make sure you register your Crunch so it can be counted! You can register and organize your own Crunch at any time throughout the month, or register to join the virtual event on March 10th. You can register as an individual, class, school, or as a small group of friends/colleagues!
Prepare
When planning your Crunch, choose locally grown fruits or vegetables if you can. To make sure you are planning the day safely, use the Coalition’s COVID procedures guide.
The Activities Toolkit also provides fun, curriculum-linked lesson plans and activities to bring the Crunch to life for children of all ages at home or safely in the classroom.
Crunch
Once you’ve registered, make some noise and take your Great Big Crunch on March 10th or whenever your own Crunch is planned — whether it’s with your class, whole school, or a virtual Crunch at home with colleagues, friends or family.
Share
Share your Crunch on social media with the #GreatBigCrunch hashtag to help turn up the noise for healthy school food! Check out the Communications Toolkit for more details.
We hope you’ll join us in making some noise for healthy school food!