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At its annual Summer Retreat July 15 - 17, 2008, Linda Jones, Director of Development for Opaa! Food Management, announced Julie Worden, Opaa!'s Director of Nutrition Services for the Smithville R-II School District, as the recipient of the 2007-08 Marketing Award. Julie was selected by company officials as the Marketing Award Winner from among Opaa!'s Directors' of Nutrition Services across the State of Missouri. The criteria for selection included to met overall participation goal, met lunch goal, implemented at least two new areas of service, exhibited hospitality in specific ways, engaged students in National School Lunch Week and National School Breakfast Week, completed at least one marketing event a month, and engaged students Nutrition Advisory Council meetings.
Julie has been employed in the Smithville School District for the last year and a half with Opaa! Food Management. She supervises a staff of 21 employees in four buildings.
Julie and her husband Brian are residents in Kansas City. Their children are Burl, age 10 and Amanda, age 9. In her spare time, the family enjoys bike riding, walking, running, movies and shopping.
In presenting the award, Jones recalled how Julie developed a great relationship with the Smithville administrators which created a working relationship of trust and confidence in our programs. Jones continued by stating that Julie not only met but increased her participation goals by introducing new areas of service, such as, grab and go Warrior Sacks, Opaa! version of Lunchables, A la Carte for the Elementary Staff, Breakfast A la Carte for the Elementary Staff, Lunches with Parents by invitation, Breakfast for Map Testing, Class Parties, and Specialty Bars served at the High School. Jones went on to say that the students responded very positively to these new areas of service.
Julie said, "My reaction to winning the award was absolute PRIDE in all that we've accomplished this year in Smithville. The staff worked tremendously hard this year, overcoming many obstacles to achieve outstanding customer service and participation." She continued by saying, "They (the staff) truly deserve the recognition."
Opaa! Food Management, Inc., is based in Chesterfield, Missouri, and is entering its 30th year of operation. Opaa! currently operates the nutrition programs for 64 Missouri school districts and has been serving the nutritional requirements of the Smithville R-II School District since August 2002.
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