BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM PROGRAM STARTED IN BROWNSVILLE, EMULATED ELSEWHERE

(A local blogger is at it again posting a picture of Catalina Presas-Garcia as if a diabolical plot to take over the world is being hatched from Dallas Texas with Carlos Quintanilla, President of the community grassroots group Accion America that continues to be a strong a very important advocate for children in Texas. In the article below, Quintanilla responds.)

By Carlos Quintanilla

Accion America

In the picture there is Dora Rivas who is the pioneer in promoting Breakfast in the Classroom, a program she started here in Brownsville from a simple idea after a local high school principal raised a concern that many of his students were not being fed. 

She then created the program by using everything and anything she could get to feed children. The manner in which food was distributed back then when she was head of food services is very different from what it is today.

From Brownsville she took the idea to Dallas and throughout the United States and it has become a very important learning tool for children. 

If a child eats breakfast, a nutritional breakfast that they enjoy, the difference in educational achievment is well documented. Children learn more, their attention span is much stronger, and tardiness is reduced significantly because children encourage their parents to hurry up "we want to get to school to get our breakfast".

I am proof positive because my children say the same thing and most parents who do have children will agree that having Breakfast in the Classroom is a blessing for our children. What is wrong with that?

You also have Gary Davis the founder of Got Breakfast Foundation that has contributed millions of dollars to feed hungry children throughout the United States and many of those children are Hispanic.
Finally, yes that is Caty Presas smiling after having addressed over 55 principals throughout the City of Dallas to encourage them about joining the Breakfast in The Classroom Campaign. Dallas has increased its program from its intitial phase of 7 to now over 58 and the goal is to have all schools involved in the program.
Caty Presas was also invited as a special guest of Dr. Dana Bedden at the Singley Academy Achievement Awards. This school is considered to be a national success story that is taking Hispanic children and teaching them skills from culinary arts to architecture and engineering. To to say the least it, was an impressive presentation and a great contact to make.
Caty Presas was promoting Brownsville in a very positive way, boasting about its schools, speaking with pride about it's children, talking about great ideas that the board is undertaking and wanting to do.
What is wrong with that? What is so diabolical about wanting to make life better for children, by actions and proofs positives?
You may say what you want about Carlos Quintanilla. I welcome other Board Members, City Council Members, Bobby Cervantes, Brownsvile Cheezmeh and others to come visit Dallas and see what Accion America is doing, talk to those who are affected by what we do, those that we challenge to correct the problems that exist, and you will hear a very different picture than what a local disgruntled bloggers will post.
We invite people to visit our website to learn about the many issues that affect our community, our motto is "Nosotros no hablamos, Nosotros actuamos"
We thank you Caty Presas for your willingness to help promote a very important project and that is to feed our Children nutrional food and to encouarge alls schools, every principals, each teacher and all parents to join the effort. 

As we speak today Michelle Obama is doing the very same thing that Cata Presas did in that picture, she is promoting healthy eating and Breakfast in the Classroom in Dallas Texas. We hope to do the same thing is Brownsville and will be planning a rally soon to promote healthy eating and Breakfast in the Classroom in the Valley. It is about children and we are doing and not just talking.