Lombard celebrating 'Apple Crunch Day'
On "Apple Crunch Day," Healthy Lombard is encouraging everyone to crunch into an apple to raise awareness about eating better for our health and the environment, access and affordability of fruits and vegetables, and supporting local farmers.
Hundreds of thousands of school students in Illinois will crunch into an apple at lunchtime on Thursday, Oct. 11.
Parents and other healthy-minded individuals also will join by crunching into an apple either in corporate cafeterias, their place of business, or at home.
Last year, more than 600 Lombard Elementary District 44 and Glenbard High School District 87 students, as well as parents, residents and employees at local businesses participated.
Enjoying an apple can be done at anytime as well as anywhere - classroom, home, office. And when you do, Healthy Lombard is encouraging participants to post their Apple Crunch Selfies.
They can be uploaded to the Healthy Lombard Instagram site or sent to Healthy Lombard at jay@healthylombard.com to be posted on the foundation's Healthy Lombard Facebook Selfie page.
The Apple Crunch originated in New York City in 2012, with roughly 400,000 New Yorkers biting into a locally grown New York state apple at the same time on Food Day.
In 2013, the Big Apple Crunch in New York City set a world record with 1,000,000 people participating. The activity has spread across the country, and thousands of locations supported Apple Crunch Day in 2016.