Tate & Lyle renews support for school breakfast, learning programs

HOFFMAN ESTATES - Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, said it has renewed its support of Enders-Salk Elementary School's free breakfast program for a sixth straight year. The school is based in Hoffman Estates, home to Tate & Lyle's global Commercial and Food Innovation Centre.

The partnership between Tate & Lyle and Enders-Salk is part of Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54's Education Foundation's Food 4 Thought program, which finds sponsors for schools wishing to provide students on the federal free lunch program with a nutritious breakfast to help them to start the day ready to learn. Over the last five years, Tate & Lyle has provided more than 50,000 nutritious breakfasts for those students at Enders-Salk School who qualify for the federal free lunch program, representing around 30% of the student body.

In addition to supporting breakfast through the partnership, the local Tate & Lyle team provides fostering mentorship and connection through nutrition education sessions, support in planting and harvesting in the school garden, sharing career advice and judging the school's annual science fair, which returned this spring after a two-year hiatus.

This year, 120 projects were submitted to the science fair - a record - with prizes going to the top six projects and students.

"We are passionate about food and sharing what a career in the sciences can look like for students - it's a winning combination," said Shana Bender, analytical manager at Tate & Lyle, who volunteers at Enders-Salk and was a judge a this year's Science Fair.