Put Fruit to Work | PF2W Ideas | Photos from PF2W Week 2015
September 18–22, 2017:
PUT FRUIT TO WORK!
SEPTEMBER is National Fruits and Veggies—More Matters Month, and the Tompkins County Worksite Wellness Coalition is asking local employers to Put Fruit to Work as a way to energize their workforce and promote better health.
WHAT: Put Fruit to Work is a one-week campaign to promote fruit as a fresher, healthy snack choice at work.
WHEN: September 18–22, 2017, throughout Tompkins County.
WHO: Invite all of your employees to choose fruit as a satisfying snack that works any time, on any job.
HOW: Try one of these ideas to help employees Put Fruit to Work:
- Promote: Hang a poster around the worksite or send an all-employee email that encourages employees to switch their snack to fruit this week, instead of their regular snacks.
- Download and print a ready-made letter-size poster or 11x17 size poster.
- Download our logo to design your own poster
- Click for activity ideas.
- Provide: Purchase a selection of fruit for your employees to enjoy during their regular morning or afternoon break. Do this on one day during Put Fruit to Work week, then consider making it a monthly event.
- Pick up fresh fruit at your favorite local grocery store or Farmers Market.
Ideas for how you can Put Fruit to Work
- Play More Matters Bingo! The Cornell Wellness Program has an easy Bingo board to use during Put Fruit to Work Week. Download the game card here, and adapt it for your workplace!*
- Fruity Snack Photo Challenge! Ithaca College's Work/Life Program is simply asking faculty and staff to bring in a fruit snack, take a picture, and post it on their Facebook page. Easy, interactive, fresh, and delicious! Download their poster here!*
- Serve smoothies! Check out the Ithaca City School District poster here.*
- Help employees organize a fruit salad “pot luck.” Participants prepare their favorite fruit for an all-in fruit salad to be shared during lunch or afternoon break one day during Put Fruit to Work week.
- National Fruits & Veggies—More Matters Month (USDA)
- Fruit Fact Sheet: Download from the USDA website
- Produce for Better Health Foundation, Guide to getting more fruits & veggies Smoothie Recipes:
- 50 smoothie recipes, Food Network;
- 4 smoothie recipes, Rodale Organic Life
- Melon smoothie, Cook’s Illustrated Magazine
Check out the Put Fruit to Work mailer that was sent to Tompkins County employers on Sept. 1.
*Thanks to Cornell Wellness and I.C. Work/Life for sharing! You must be a member of the their community to participate in their activities.
Put Fruit to Work 2015
Proclamation of Put Fruit to Work Week in the City of Ithaca
City Hall Wellness Committee members with Mayor Myrick and PF2W coordinators
Town of Dryden with official resolution
Hospicare Executive Director makes Smoothies for staff
Japanese Pears from the Ithaca College photo contest