Heidi Buchholtz Re-elected Regional Representative for CT School Nutrition Group

Heidi Buchholtz, Montville Public Schools Nutrition Program Director, was officially re-elected the Mohegan Chapter Regional Representative for the School Nutrition Association of Connecticut (SNACT) during the organization’s annual summer conference recently at the Rocky Hill Marriott.

 According to a press release, Buchholtz, the regional representative for the Mohegan Chapter, 38 towns from Bozrah to Westbrook, has represented SNACT at the School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference and at the Legislative Action Conference.  She has been Nutrition Program Director for Montville Public Schools since 1995.

As the Mohegan Chapter Regional Representative of SNACT, Buchholtz helps with the organization and operation of the chapter, the release says, and serves as a liaison between the chapter and the board.

She also promotes the association's plans of action, its membership and its professional development programs.

In her role as Mohegan Chapter regional representative, Buchholtz coordinates plans for leadership seminars with the president-elect, and serves as a member of the nominating and legislative committees.

Buchholtz lives in Oakdale.

SNACT, according to the press release, is made up of 4,000 professional school nutrition employees from across the state that provide about 350,000 meals to students in more than 1,000 Connecticut schools.

According to the press release, the group has a vision to ensure that all children in the Connecticut school systems have access to nutritional meals every day as part of their educational experience and address issues dealing with food allergies, food quality, meeting state and federal nutritional guidelines, funding and most importantly the health of children and adolescents in Connecticut.