Who wants a delicious cupcake in exchange for a couple of bucks that will help a Vet?
Not Michelle Obama and her ridiculous and unsuccessful attempt to force people to eat exactly what she deems acceptable.
“When Waccamaw Middle School students began a campaign to raise money to send a World War II veteran on the region’s final Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., they turned to the kitchen. They baked cupcakes and cookies and sold them at lunch as part of the effort that raised $2,500 in just over three weeks.
This year, that strategy won’t fly.
Federal nutrition standards that took effect this month limit the calories, sodium, fat and sugar content of food sold in schools as snacks and as fundraisers. “It’s going to be devastating,” Georgetown County School Superintendent Randy Dozier said.
The district has circulated information about the new standards to principals. “It’s definitely going to hurt fundraising,” said Tim Carnahan, principal of Waccamaw Intermediate School.”
Remember, Michelle Obama wasn’t elected to any office, or has any authority to create law. But she is intent on RULING. As long as it doesn’t apply to HER children or her life.
I don’t understand why FUNDRAISING has to be the victim of Michelle Obama’s zeal for control. Every delicious cupcake I’ve made for fundraising didn’t come from the taxpayer pocket. They came from my kitchen and it helped fund many a school related project or trip or charity. It’s bad enough she’s waved her heavy handed royal Obama scepter over cafeteria menus, but fundraising??? Isn’t the whole point of bake sales and candy sales to raise money for events, equipment, charities, etc. OUTSIDE of government funding?
“Eat Smart, Move More, a nonprofit that focuses on obesity in South Carolina, has been fielding calls about the Smart Snack rules for weeks, said Coleman Tanner, its community coordinator. “One of the biggest questions we get is about fundraising,” she said. “That’s where most of the push-back comes from.”
The nonprofit points to districts in Clarendon and Anderson counties that moved away from food-based fundraisers long before the new standards. “There are a lot of alternatives,” Tanner said. Book fairs, plants, greeting cards and wrapping paper are among them.”
Who wants a delightful chocolate bar delivered to your door by an adorable kid raising money for a field trip or new band equipment when you can buy a….plant?
Regular people to Michelle Obama: people will always love cupcakes, candy, and other ridiculously delicious treats. And they’ll pay good money for them. People have figured out that selling these treats can fund a lot of really great projects. Like sending WWII Vets on an Honor Flight. Not that you’d care, but most people like the idea that you can help a Vet AND have your cake and eat it too. And most people can control their cupcake habit. If they can’t, guess what? It’s NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
I haven’t quite figured out Michelle Obama’s obsession with controlling what Americans eat. I do know that people who can’t control themselves tend to try to control others.
Kate says: That MO photo… SNORT!
Jodi says: “I haven’t quite figured out Michelle Obama’s obsession with controlling what Americans eat. I do know that people who can’t control themselves tend to try to control others.”
Exactly. Mind your own business, CupCake.
Reloader54 says: Michelle Obama needs to keep out of other peoples business. She has no right to tell the American People what they can or cannot eat. And that goes for our schools as well. Her lunch plan is costing schools all over the country money because what she says kids are to eat costs more than what it use to and the kids DON”T LIKE the food that she says they need to eat. And most of it is being thrown away. Because the kids WON”T EAT IT. Plus the kids are still hungry when and if they do eat it. She needs to just mind her own business. She’s acting like a Dictator when it comes to what we eat. Just like her Dictator husband that has made this country LESS SECURE than its ever been because of his No REAL FORIEGN POLICIES and not SECURING this country’s Southern Borders. They both need to be kicked out of the WH. And Congress Needs to start DOING THEIR JOB AND START DEFUNDING THEM BOTH.
Catherine Wilkinson says: Amen! And I’ll add (again)…Michelle Obama was NOT elected to any office….this is more of Obama’s “czar” craziness….”appointing” people to mess in other people’s lives. Nothing to do with law or the Constitution.
Sean says: I decide what my child eats at his school. He gets funds for the days they offer something he likes, and he takes food on the days they don’t. Because that’s MY job as his parent. It is NO ONE else’s business to tell ME what he can or cannot eat. EVER. Personally, I’d much prefer he get SOMETHING out of eating junk, than him getting nothing out of hippie-meals that go in the trash untouched.
Rebecca says: Hang on. Coverage in the Christian Science Monitor states:
“In accordance with the law, the US Department of Agriculture set standards for all food and beverages sold during the school day. This affects school lunches, but also vending machines and snack carts. Additionally, states can extend the guidelines to daytime fundraisers, like bake sales.
The act allows states flexibility to have some fundraisers with foods that do not meet the standards, says Mark Bishop, the vice president of policy at Healthy Schools Campaign. Some states, including Georgia, Illinois, and Tennessee, have allotted a certain number of days for non-compliant bake sales, but Mr. Bishop notes that many are not allowing any exemptions.”
I enjoy heaping scorn on the Obamas as much as the next gal, but it sounds like the blame needs to be shared on this one.
Barbara Gomez says: Maybe the kids could have a yard sale at someones house and sell the baked goods as well. Surely “Misschelle” can’t dictate what is sold off campus.
Sean says: Here’s my question: WHY don’t those school districts simply tell her to bugger off? She’s not an elected ANYTHING. She has ZERO power. ZERO true influence. ZERO authority. The school’s authority comes from the PARENTS of the kids who attend. Period. If they’re ok with it, MOOchelle can get a big pile of sand and a hammer.
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