Events 2003 a RAINBOW FOOD YEAR

FEBRUARY Rainbow Food-Eating by Colour is Trademarked.

MARCH-JUNE Chilcare centres are invited to partcipate in a pilot of Rainbow Food-Eating by Colour. A cross section of 1000 children aged 0 to 5 years, is sought from urban, rural and multicultural backgrounds.

JUNE – Launch of Rainbow Food Week at the Byron Bay Community Centre in N.S.W. Australia. Officially opened by the Federal Minister for Children, Mr Larry Anthony, who announced the Commonwealth government's support of the project by funding the pilot of Rainbow Food as an early intervention program in the childcare setting. 1000 familes, their children and carers are participating in the project.

JULY- OCTOBER website updates as participating families and centres contribute recipes, songs, games and Rainbow Food success stories.

NOV 9-15 is Australian National Psychologist Week. As a member of the Australian Psychological Society, Denise will be celebrating the week by announcing the preliminary results of the Rainbow Food pilot study.

DECEMBER will see the close of the Rainbow Food pilot project and final results will be published on the site and forwarded to the Commonwealth Government with a view to implementing Rainbow Food into Childcare curricula.