The Good Food Fair: A Taste of the San Fernando Valley

Sylmar High School and the Sylmar Neighborhood Partnership are inviting you to be part of our biggest project yet: The Mayor’s Day of Service!

The Mayor’s Good Food Day of Service unites schools (public, private, alternative, and charter), student organizations, clubs, sports teams, businesses, and agencies around being a physically healthy, emotionally stable, educationally strong, financially supported, and resource rich community. Get ready to share resources and enjoy fun activities for youth and families around how to reduce hunger, improve public health, increase equal access to healthy food in our communities, educate, and encourage environmental responsibility. Welcome to:

The Good Food Fair: A Taste of the San Fernando Valley
Saturday, March 31st
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Sylmar High School

You are invited to participate by having a booth in the resource fair and/or hosting an activity.

All booths and activities are meant to be informative and fun, promoting the theme of healthy food, lifestyle, and choices (see list of example activities below). We will provide a table and two chairs, but we ask that you bring your own banner and any other supplies you need.

Sample activities (you may develop your own activities related to “healthy food, healthy lifestyle theme”)

• Watermelon/vegetable eating contest

• Bobbing for apples

• Ring toss

• Basketball bank-a-shot

• Baseball/softball toss

• Bean bag toss

• Bingo/lotería

• Brain Teasers

• Face Painting

• Guess How Many

• Arts & Crafts (empty milk cartons to plant seeds)

• Workshops/classes

• Cooking demonstrations

• Quizzes

• Sporting events

• Yoga/meditation/zumba

• Dog Walk

• Sugar Free Piñata

• Contests (biggest fruit/vegetable grown, etc)

• Healthy food cook-off

• Potato sack race

• Obstacle course/moon bounce

• Dance off

• One mile walk

• Healthy art display

• Flower arrangement display

• Art contest

• Nutrition facts

• Pie throwing

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to empower school districts to apply for Race to the Top grants and for waivers from No Child Left Behind’s rigid regulations. "New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each have their own school governance structures," said Mayor Villaraigosa. "But all three of us understand that mayors must engage in education issues because the health of a city is undeniably linked to the health of its schools."