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M A R C H 2 0 1 64 POTATO GROWER4 POTATO GROWER Park River Fort Yates and W-A-O Receive School Salad Bars from NPPGA and USPB Supported Program by Ted Kreis NPPGA Marketing and Communications Director Back in October we told you that the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association NPPGA had committed a salad bar donation to the Lets Move Salad Bars to Schools program partner- ing with the United States Potato Board USPB United Fresh and others. The Park River School District was cho- sen as our first recipient. Park River is in the heart of the potato growing region in northeast North Dakota. The school has an enrollment of 431 students in K- 12. Shelly Poitra who heads the lunch pro- gram at the school submitted an appli- cation last fall that was approved and the school took delivery of the salad bar in December. A remodeling project at the school prevented it from being put into use until January. The one salad bar the school had been using worked fine for older students but was much too high for younger children so Shelly took advantage of an option to order a salad bar designed for smaller kids. Both salad bars are now being used with the taller salad bar still serving the older students. Poitra said The young kids absol- utely love it It is just the right height for them adding We really want to thank the growers association and the U.S. Potato Board for making this avail- able to us. The salad bar came complete with serv- ing tubs tongs and re-usable ice packs. Poitra said the school is considering pur- chasing a re-usable hot pack that would work well for warm potato dishes. Potato salad was being served from the salad bar on the day I visited. Shelly assured me their potato salad is made from scratch with fresh Red River Valley red potatoes. Shelly is originally from Hoople North Dakota also known as Tater Town USA. Shelly said she would never consid- er ordering pre-made potato salad from a foodservice vendor. Thats just not the way we do things here. The United States Potato Board matches one salad bar for each one donated by groups individuals or businesses. The match to our Park River donation went to Standing Rock High School in Fort Yates North Dakota. That salad bar had been on display at the USPB Summer Meeting which was held in Grand Forks last August. A bonus donation was also made in our region thanks to the USPB. The salad bar on display in the USPB booth Shelly Poitra proudly displays her new salad bar at the Park River School. The Park River kindergarten class can now dish up their own potato salad just like the big kids.