Promotions 

• Promotional Materials
• Hire of Apple and Pear Costumes
• Fruit for Schools Programs 
• Kids & Fruit Program                                                              
• Web Links

Promotional Materials

Fruit Growers Victoria has a range of promotional material available, they include;

• Posters
• Charts
• Recipe Cards
• Balloons
• Aussi Apple Booklet
• Kids show bags, comprising of
  • ruler
  • stickers
  • tattoos
  • eraser
  • pencil
  • colouring sheet

To access these promotional materials please click here

Hire of Apple and Pear Costumes

Aussi Apple and Packy Pear Costumes are available for community hire, for further information or to arrange hire please click here

Fruit for Schools Programs

Aussi Apple again takes his Healthy Eating message into Schools
 
For the seventh year in a row southern Victorian apple growers are again accompanying their friend, Aussi Apple with his healthy eating message into schools across Victoria.  The popular program sponsored by Fruit Growers Victoria visits junior children in primary schools in urban and regional centres.  A reminder of Aussi’s visit is a slinky machine, which he presents to each class so that they can make their own “apple slinkys” for their morning snack.
 
The children also receive a show bag of goodies from Aussi including a colourful little storybook, which tells how Aussi grows from a little blossom into a juicy red apple.  A lucky boy and girl will get to wear a child size apple-picking bag to “pick” apples into.  The presentation is a fun filled 30 minutes, which is enjoyed by the volunteer presenters and the children alike. 
 
Feed back from schools suggests the visitors are successful in introducing children to the delights of eating fresh fruit with an increasing number of children bringing apples to school following their visit.  The ingenuity of teachers as they encourage the children to write stories, draw pictures and sing songs extends the memory of the event over a number of days further enforcing the apple grower’s message. 
 
Helene Armour, coordinator of the program said that southern Victorian apple growers see their program as being two fold.  “While helping to promote our product we believe that we are doing something towards enforcing a healthy eating message amongst young children” she said.  “This can only result in healthier and happier children”.
 
If your school would like to be part of this great program, please click here to email Helene Armour, Vic Fruit Co-ordinator.

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