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 Download signs, badges, & templates
to get started!

Videos ->
 8 steps ->

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Back to the Cafeteria Ranger Program - Steps 1-8 here

Signs, Badges, and Scheduling Sheets 
  • Cafeteria Sorting Signs
  • Cafeteria Ranger Badges
  • Optional - Cafeteria Ranger Table Captan Badges
  • Year Long Schedule Chart Template
  • Cafeteria Ranger Monthly Sign-up Sheets
       (for school cafeterias with and without organics collection/composting)
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Cafeteria Sorting Signs - for cafeterias with and without organics collection or composting (1.9 MB)
Cafeteria Ranger Badges
Cafeteria Ranger Badges, 5 per page (1.9 MB)
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Optional: Table Captain Badges, 4 per page (PDF, 256 KB)
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Cafeteria Ranger Yearlong Schedule Template - to post in the cafeteria (11 pages, editable document- 833 KB)
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Cafeteria Ranger Sign-up Sheets - classroom and cafeteria versions - for schools with organics (compost) collection (PDF, 108 KB)
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Cafeteria Ranger Sign-up Sheets - classroom and cafeteria versions - for schools withOUT organics (compost) collection (PDF, 108 KB)
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Guides ​
  • Daily Operations (view is as a webpage here)
  • Launch Guide (view as a webpage here)
  • Steps 4 & 5 - Scheduling and Launch Date details 
Daily Operations for Cafeteria Ranger Porgram
Daily Operations for Cafeteria Rangers - in color (3 pages, PDF, 2.7 MB)
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Daily Operations for Cafeteria Rangers - in black & white (3 pages, PDF, 2.3 MB)
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Launch Guide - 8 steps to launch your Cafeteria Ranger Program (2 pages, PDF, 514KB)
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Steps 4 & 5 - Scheduling and Launch date details (PDF 240 KB)
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​Letter Templates   
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  • Introductory Letter to Teachers 
  • Letter to Cafeteria Ranger Classroom Teachers
  • Introductory Letter to Parents/Caregivers
  • Milestone Letter to Parents/Caregivers
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First Introduction Letter to Teachers about Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document, 67KB)
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New Ranger Class Overview Letter to Teachers with explanation of the Ranger Scheduling and Job Descriptions (editable document, 76KB)
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Intro Letter to Parents/Caregivers about the Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document - 49 KB)
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"Milestone" Letter to Parents/Caregivers about the Cafeteria Ranger Program (editable document, 84KB)
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Classroom Tools

  • Cafeteria Ranger Job Descriptions ​​(view as webpage here)​ 
  • Etiquette Practice 
  • SORT2save cheer!  lyrics (2 versions: for grades 1-2 and 3-6)
      (view as webpage with video here)
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Cafeteria Ranger JOB DESCRIPTIONS (5 pages, PDF, 732 KB)
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Cafeteria Ranger Etiquette Practice (3 pages, PDF, 296 KB)
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SORT2save Cheer! - Lyrics for Grades 1-2 (1 page, PDF, 264KB)
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SORT2save Cheer! - Lyrics for Grades 3-6 (2 pages, PDF, 274KB)
Creative Commons License
SORT2SAVE KIT and SORT2save cheer! lyrics by Debby Lee Cohen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at info@cafeteriaculture.org.

​  SORT2save cheer! - lyrics for grades Pre-K- 1 coming soon!

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​"Milestone" Graphic Templates   
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  • Amazing First Day Poster
  • Recognition Award Certificate
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"Amazing First Day!" poster template (editable document, 1.8 MB)
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Award Certificate for honoring Cafeteria Rangers (editable document, 838KB)
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Downloadable checklist
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Download the checklist here!
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We envision a plastic free, equitable zero waste future where landfill and incinerator garbage as we know it no longer exists;
where post consumption waste from food to packaging is drastically reduced
and what remains benefits our schools, communities, and the environment. 


Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) is a Project of The Fund for the City of New York, a charitable organization.
Founded in 2009 as Styrofoam Out of Schools.
Donations to Cafeteria Culture are eligible for charitable deductions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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