Oregon Celebrates National School Lunch Week October 13-17, 2025
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves nearly 30 million children every school day. President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week (NSLW) in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom.
This year National School Lunch Week is October 13-17. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) are teaming up to raise awareness about the importance of Child Nutrition Programs in schools. We invite school board members and superintendents to eat with students during the week of October 13-17 to experience their nutritious and appealing local school lunches.
Encourage your school board to participate by planning lunch with students that week. All they need to do is reach out to school nutrition staff and building administrators before their visit. They are encouraged to post to social media about their experience using the #NSLW25inOR hashtag and the ODE (
@ORDeptEd) and OSBA (
@OSBANews) X handles.