SC School Nutrition Association Names Former District 56 Director of Child Nutrition to School Nutrition Hall of Fame

October 26, 2021

South Carolina School Nutrition Association (SNA of SC) has named Tallulah Richardson, Retired Director of Child Nutrition for Laurens School District 56 to the School Nutrition Association Hall of Fame.  The award recognizes employees and industry members that have provided extraordinary contributions to school nutrition programs.  Mrs. Tallulah Richardson was inducted into the Hall of Fame on October 16, 2021, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

As a child nutrition professional for 28 years, Tallulah Richardson was the first to add a breakfast program in the state. This was before USDA mandated breakfast programs in the schools.  Tallulah Richardson was passionate about the students of Laurens County School District 56.

“Tallulah Richardson taught me so much about Child Nutrition,” said Cindy Jacobs, Director of Child Nutrition at District 56. “I saw first hand the passion she had for feeding children of Laurens 56.”