What happened? They have become very ill!” With this story, Nadine Backes, mayor and deputy for children and education, begins her visit to the Foxes class at the Südschule in St. Ingbert. Most children know how to eat properly to stay healthy: “We have the food pyramid hanging on the fridge!” shouts a girl. To help the children apply this knowledge in everyday life, they receive an organic snack box filled with an apple, carrot, granola bar, a slice of whole grain bread, a tea bag, and an information sheet on healthy eating, as well as a reusable water bottle that they can refill every day.
The idea comes from the Bio-Brotbox initiative, a network that many cities and regions in Germany have joined. Its goal: to bring children closer to the value and origin of food and healthy nutrition.
The delivery to the schools is handled by Deutsche Post AG/DHL
In Saarland, the Saarpfalz district is the only region supporting the initiative. Together with the Biosphere Association Bliesgau, approximately 1,700 Bliesgau organic lunchboxes have been distributed annually to first graders at the 30 participating schools in the district for about ten years. "Yesterday, with the active support of Mayor Dr. Ulli Meyer, we packed and distributed all the boxes. It was a lot of fun," says Dirk Graef, Account Manager of Deutsche Post AG/DHL. The company not only provides the premises for packaging but has also recently taken over the professional delivery of the parcels to the schools. "In the past, we delivered them in our private cars. That was very cumbersome. So who better to handle the delivery than Deutsche Post? Additionally, this way we support a truly meaningful and important campaign," he confirms.
The fox children are very happy about the gift, tear open the granola bar, and take a bite of the apple. But the carabiner hook on the water bottle is also thoroughly inspected and tested. Meanwhile, Nadine Backes cannot rest yet, as the children of the other first grades at the Südschule are still waiting for their organic lunch boxes.
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