Draft Your All-Star School Lunch Team Contest

Online and in cafeterias, students will have the opportunity to draft and name their very own All-Star Team, while explaining why their team is healthy. 4 national winners will receive a NBA prize pack. The local contests will run May 27, 2009 to October 16, 2009, and national entries (paper format only) must be postmarked by October 16, 2009 and received by SNA by October 31, 2009.

There are 2 Ways to enter: Online and a separate cafeteria contest. Online entry is only available to students over the age of 13.

Online Contest Overview

View Online Contest Overview - Online Contest

Cafeteria Contest Overview

  • The Draft Your All-Star School Lunch Team Cafeteria Contest has local and national rounds of competition. All entries by students must be made to a local competition (to be organized by and held in schools). Please note that the only way to enter this contest is through a participating school, you cannot enter the national contest directly.
  • Students (from grades 1-12) should complete the student entry form by “drafting” one item from each of the following categories: Coach, Main Course, Side Dish, Second Side Dish, Lowfat Milk. They should then name their team and explain why their all-star school lunch is healthy.
    Entries must be original, not plagiarized and not evocative of any existing commercial brands so as not to infringe any copyrights or trademarks.
  • The School Nutrition Association (SNA) is encouraging schools across the nation to hold local contests. School Nutrition Professionals or other participating school officials can enter 3 overall winners per participating school to the national cafeteria contest. Please note that students cannot enter the national cafeteria contest directly, they must be nominated by a School Nutrition Professional or school official.
  • To judge the national cafeteria contest, a panel of judges will select two overall winners, based on pre-established criteria which will be published as part of the official cafeteria contest rules.
  • Two national cafeteria winners will receive a NBA prize pack.
  • Local school contests can run from May 27, 2009 to October 16, 2009, and national entries) must be postmarked by October 16, 2009 and received by SNA by October 31, 2009

Contest Overview (pdf)
Student Entry Form (pdf)
National Entry Form (Nutrition or School Official Use Only) (pdf)
Official Rules (pdf)
Local School Contest Certificate Template (pdf)