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Leader in Me and Hazel Dell (cont. . .)
When Health-e Giving was launched, Leader in Me was selected as one of the charities with which we’d work, as their goals aligned so perfectly with ours. Within several months, we had conversations with Mychael Irwin, the principal at Hazel Dell, about helping her get...
Centralized Menu Planning Software for CACFP to help keep you compliant
Health-e Pro is an online menu planning software for CACFP. All of the CACFP age-grade grouping meal pattern standards are included with Health-e Pro, making it easy to stay compliant. From the USDA: “Through CACFP, more than 4.2 million children and 130,000 adults...
Why we celebrate the School Breakfast Program with NSBW
We are celebrating the School Breakfast Program with the theme of “Start Your Engines” for National School Breakfast Week in 2019! This theme is designed to show parents, students, and school officials the benefits of fueling up for the day. National School Breakfast...
How to reduce food waste in child nutrition
More and more directors and kitchen staff are becoming aware of the amount of food waste in their kitchens. Met with the pressures of federal guidelines, people in the foodservice industry are having a difficult time reducing waste while trying to stay compliant. Even...
Feeding Kids in Belize with Health-e Giving
We received quite a few applications through Health-e Giving this year for a myriad of projects and organizations: feeding kids, building leaders, and encouraging community as we look to inspire generosity. One of the organizations to which we offered a grant wanted...
Menu Planning Software for Dietitians
Finding the best possible nutrient analysis and menu planning software for dietitians is not an easy task. Fortunately, we are here to tell you how Health-e Pro can help you save time, save money, and stay compliant. Health-e Pro is a nutrition software that helps you...
Chefs, School Garden Beds, and Student Advisory Committees: How Health-e Pro Customer Detroit Public Schools Innovates In Their District
Recently we sat down with Carl Williams, Executive Director of School Nutrition at Detroit Public Schools, a customer of Health-e Pro. We’d heard about the innovative programs and creative measures the district was applying, from hiring chefs to raised garden beds at...
What is HTTPS and why is a secure site important at Health-e Pro?
Health-e Pro recently implemented HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) making Health-e Meal Planner a secure site. The “S” in HTTPS stands for “secure.” While secure sites are primarily implemented with shopping and banking websites--where...
5 Ways Health-e Giving Impacted Us
When we launched Health-e Giving earlier this year, we have to admit we weren’t entirely sure how the initiative would go. None of us at the company had spearheaded anything like this before, and we weren’t sure how we could reach our customers or friends in the...
Health-e Giving: Making a Difference on the Mill River Wetland Committee
Health-e Pro’s giving initiative, Health-e Giving was launched in the Spring of 2018 and one of our very own employees is making a difference on the Mill River Wetland Committee. Along with financial matching that employees contribute, Health-e Pro also matches...