A fully-stocked salad bar awaits students at Washington's D.C. Bilingual School.

It's lunchtime at Washington’s D.C. Bilingual School and young students eagerly file past the salad bar, piling their plates with romaine lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, red and green peppers. The salad bar, donated by United's A Salad Bar In Every School campaign through a generous contribution by Dole Food Company, was put into service at the school this spring. Several D.C. school nutrition officials joined United Fresh staff on a visit to the school Wednesday.

"We continue to be inspired by the commitment of DC Bilingual School leaders to improving child nutrition, serving more fresh fruits and vegetables, and engaging the teachers and families," said United Fresh Vice President of Nutrition and Health Dr. Lorelei DiSogra. "The salad bar really complements all of their activities to improve the eating habits of their students."

A D.C. Bilingual School student piles her plate with salad from the school's new salad bar, donated by Dole and United’s A Salad Bar in Every School campaign.

Last spring, after hearing about the success of the salad bar at Washington's Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, D.C. Bilingual School Director Julia Barros contacted United Fresh and asked for a similar donation for her school. A year-round school serving more than 250 children in summer school, D.C. Bilingual received their salad bar in May and it has been in operation every school day since it arrived.

Later this summer, new salad bars will arrive at three Washington, D.C. public schools and two additional area charter schools, thanks to contributions by Dole and salad bar manufacturers Cambro and Vollrath. In total, seven D.C.-area schools will have new salad bars donated by the Salad Bar in Every School campaign, serving more than 2,400 students.