Rice balls. Curry. Pancit. Dumplings.

Calling All Students

Draw a picture of your favorite lunch, and enter it in our art contest for a chance to have your artwork on display at Local Coffee! Download our template (see links right/below) and submit your drawing by April 21, 2023. 

You can drop off your entry at Local Coffee in Montclair (107 Watchung Ave.) or mail it to 89 Edgemont Rd, Montclair, NJ 07043.

Calling All Local Businesses and Restaurants

Help make Montclair a town where all students are proud of their lunch. There are several ways you can support Love Your Lunch:

• Display students’ lunch artwork on a wall or window
• For restaurants: use a student drawing as inspiration for a special menu item in May! How about celebrating our students with Carter’s Curry or Nell’s Noodles? 
• Donate a small gift certificate or prize to the student art contest
• Donate a portion of proceeds from a particular lunch menu item to our Love Your Lunch box giveaways of related resources for NJ public school educators

To get involved, please email roslyne@teachasianamericanstories.org.

No matter where you are, you can encourage children to Love Your Lunch with these free resources from AAPI Montclair!

• Use our art project templates to encourage children to draw pictures of their lunches. Why do they love their lunch?
  • Partner with your art and elementary school teachers. All students could draw pictures of their lunches to be displayed and discussed in class.
  • How about an art contest? Find local restaurants or local business owners who would be willing to display the winners or donate small prizes!

• Check out our free parent and educator guides below for tips from an AAPI mental health professional on helping children take pride in the lunches they bring. There’s a guide for students, too!

• See our Love Your Lunch Reading List below for recommendations of picture books that feature characters who overcome lunch-shaming and encourage appreciation of diverse foods.