In a new video/story for 6ABC, Marc Vetri spoke about the tenets of the Vetri Foundation’s Eatiquette program, as well as the Healthy Futures project: “Renowned chef Marc Vetri was anxious to be part of Healthy Futures. As a dad,...
Author: Paul Carbo
CBSPhilly on the Vetri Foundation’s Eatiquette Program
The Eatiquette program is the Vetri Foundation’s initiative to bring healthy, family-style lunches to school cafeterias all over greater Philadelphia. CBS recently wrote about the program’s first entrance into a public school after years at charter schools, at Zeigler Elementary...
My Daughter’s Kitchen educates children on cooking
Much like the Vetri Foundation’s Eatiquette school lunch program, we feel it’s crucial for children to learn basic cooking skills as well, to show them that preparing their own food is not only healthier than eating store-bought and pre-prepared meals,...
Main Line Today on why you need tickets for the 2014 Great Chefs Event
Main Line Today has highlighted five reasons to attend the 2014 Great Chefs Event: “Ten years ago, Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin met Liz and Jay Scott, who were carrying on the work that their daughter Alex had started, to...
Vetri’s ‘Eatiquette’ program launches in Norristown Area School District
We are so excited to partner with the Norristown area school district. The first day of service boasted excited students, engaged teachers and staff, and lots and lots of empty plates! Philly.com featured the launch on March 7, 2014: “Curried...
Students at Eisenhower Academy in Norristown learn their ‘Eatiquette’
Montgomery Media covered the Vetri Foundation’s first Eatiquette lunch at Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy, part of the Norristown Area School District: “The light sound of a piano composition by Beethoven played as the smells of chicken curry stew...
Yummy recipes and school lunch innovation featured in Organic Gardening Magazine
Check out Organic Gardening Magazine’s feature on the Vetri Foundation and our work at Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School. VFFC Chef Tia McDonald was challenged to create several recipes using OG Magazine’s test garden vegetables, including heirloom tomatoes and ground...
Eatiquette expands to Chester County
As part of our partnership with the Independence Blue Cross Foundation’s Healthy Future’s Initiative, the Vetri Foundation’s Eatiquette program has expanded from Philadelphia to its adjacent suburbs. We are thrilled to now count Assumption BVM in West Grove,...
Vetri Foundation Nominated for $10,000 Jewelers for Children Grant
Your Vote Makes a $10,000 Difference! The Vetri Foundation has been nominated by David Craig Jewelers to receive a $10,000 Grant from Jewelers for Children … and we need your vote! The top ten most voted for children’s charities will...
Healthy Futures Partner Schools Announced
The Vetri Foundation is front page news! Yesterday’s Inquirer featured the exciting announcement that 20 area schools will participate in Independence Blue Cross Foundation’s Healthy Futures initiative over the next several years, starting with five this fall. Healthy Futures is...