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2011 Summer Food Service Trainingby: Eric Schuld, Cooperative Purchasing FacilitatorLakes Country Service Cooperative was pleased to host our 4th Annual Summer Food Service Training led by Annette HendrickxDerouin in early August. It was a great day to review the Civil Rights and Offer Versus Serve training for our food service workers,but was also a great day of discussion and education on the new www.choosemyplate.gov and new guidelines that are coming toour school food programs. Annette also brought with her some excellent recipes and fresh new ideas as to how one can incorporatemore beans and legumes into school lunch menus in ways that students will actually enjoy eating! Overall, we received very positivefeedback from the 40 food service personnel who attended and we look forward to hosting another training next summer!LCSC is also working on new ways to help support our food service personnel within our region. Recently, cluster meetings were heldaround the region at the end of October to help explore how we can help support our schools’ food programs, especially with the menuchange mandates that are coming in the next few years.Connections of Moorhead, Inc. awardedthree-year CARF accreditationCARF International announced that Connections of Moorhead,Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for itsEmployment Services: Community Employment Services: JobDevelopment, Job Supports and Job-Site Training programs.This is the first accreditation that the international accreditingbody has awarded to Connections of Moorhead, Inc.This accreditation decision represents the highest level ofaccreditation that can be awarded to an organization andshows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARFstandards. An organization receiving a three-year accreditationhas put itself through a rigorous peer-review process and hasdemonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit thatits programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable,and accountable.Connections of Moorhead, Inc. is a non-profit organization withoffices at Townsite Center, 810 4th Avenue South, Suite 156in Moorhead, MN. It has been providing both vocational andresidential services to adults with disabilities in the Clay Countyarea since 1972.CARF is an independent, non-profit accrediting body whosemission is to promote the quality, value and optimal outcomes ofservices through a consultative accreditation process that centerson enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities,and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishesconsumer-focused standards to help organizations measure andimprove the quality of their programs and services.For additional information, contact Sheila Sartwell, ExecutiveDirector by calling 218-233-8657 extension 14 or email tossartwell@connectionsofmoorhead.org or Ronda Blake, Directorof Administrative Services at extension 40, or email torblake@connectionsofmoorhead.org.18