Awards & Recognitions

Awards and Recognition

• • 2025 USDA Innovation in Nutrition Education: Healthy Meals Incentives
• • 2025 Georgia Organics Grant Recipient: Friendship Elementary, Wauka Mountain Elementary, & Sugar Hill Elementary

• • 2025 Hall County Manager of the Year: Tara Fields, CBMS

• • 2025 Hall County Employee of the Year: Mechelle Watkins, SHMS

• • 2024-2025 LFS Participant

• • 2024-2025 Café Award of Excellence: Lyman Hall and East Hall Middle School

• • 2024-2025 FFVP

• • 2024-2025 GSNA – Golden Scroll Winner

• • 2024-2025 Georgia Tray of the Week Winner – EHMS

• • 2024 GADOE Standard of Excellence Award for Professional Development

• • 2024 Hall County Manager of the Year: Becky Martin, NHHS

• • 2024 Hall County Employee of the Year: Pam Bonds, Tadmore

• • 2023 – 2024 Georgia Farm Nutrition Program Farm to School Award

• • 2023 – 2024 Georgia School Nutrition Program Golden Radish Award

• • 2023 – 2024 Georgia School Nutrition Program Local Food for Schools – Pilot Program Participant

• • 2023 – 2024 Georgia School Nutrition Program Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grant Recipient

• • 2023 – 2024 Georgia School Nutrition Program Cafeteria Award of Excellence – Sardis Elementary

• • 2023 USDA’s Turnip the Beet Award

• • 2023 Georgia School Nutrition Association – Golden Scroll Award

• • 2023 Hall County Employee of the Year: Silvia Gonzalez (World Language Academy)

• • 2023 Hall County and GSNA Third Place Manager of the Year: Tammy Wright (Myers ES)

• • 2022 GSNA District of the Month – October 2022

• • 2022 Georgia School Nutrition Association – Golden Scroll Award

• • 2022 USDA’s Turnip the Beet Award – Silver

• • 2021 No Kid Hungry Foundation Award – Dedication and efforts in striving to meet the nutritional needs for all students

• • Georgia School Nutrition Shake it Up – 2018 Shake it up Gold

• • Georgia School Nutrition Program – 2017 Best Practice Award for Customer Service/Working Smarter, Not Harder

• • Georgia School Nutrition Program – 2017 Best Practice Award for Promoting a Healthy School Environment (Wellness Program)

• • 2017 The Golden Radish Award for Excellence in Farm to School in Georgia at the Honorary Level

• • Georgia School Nutrition Program – 2016 Best Practice Award for Farm to School in School Nutrition

• • Georgia School Nutrition Program – 2016 Best Practice Award for Commodities in School Nutrition

• • 2014 The Golden Radish Award for Excellence in Farm to School in Georgia at the Honorary Level