Jefferson Award Presented to Dana Woldow

Congratulations to Dana Woldow, recipient of a Jefferson Award. Dana is a long-standing member of the sfschools list and an occasional contributor to this blog who has worked tirelessly to improve student nutrition.

Jefferson Award Presented to Dana Woldow: San Francisco schools are kissing junk food goodbye. Here's why.

Dana Woldow, a mother of three and school volunteer, was horrified when she found out how much junk food was available to students in San Francisco public schools. So, in 2002, she got together with parents, teachers and students at Aptos Middle School and formed the San Francisco Unified School District's Student Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee.

The Jefferson Awards "were established in 1972 to encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service." Dana's passionate, tireless, prodigious efforts to reform student nutrition make her an ideal candidate for this recognition.

It's not Dana's nature to promote herself, so she worries that the article and this award makes her look like she's trying to claim all the credit on her own. She has consistently described this as a group effort. Be that as it may, this group effort would never have sustained itself nor accomplished so much without her exemplary efforts.