Milk@Everymeal Promotions Calendar
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DairyMarketing & Promotions Calendar 2018 July National Ice Cream Month 07 | Macaroni Day Serve macaroni and cheese. 23 | National Hotdog Day Add chili and cheese to your hotdog. (Third Sunday in July) Plan an activity of making “Ice Cream 22 | National Ice Cream Day in a Bag”. 2018 August National Peach Month ◆ Family Fun Month Menu a chocolate chip cookie and snap pictures of Milk and 04 | National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Cookie Day! Read the book “Cow Loves Cookies” Snuggle up with hot chocolate or chocolate milk. Challenge 09 | Book Lover’s Day the students to read a book! 25 | Banana Split Day Try a yogurt banana split or a regular ice cream banana split. 26 | National Dog Day Make your dog a frozen yogurt treat. 29 | More Herbs, Less Salt Day Try a cheese Pizza with herbs. 2018 September Better Breakfast Month 05 | National Cheese Pizza Day Menu Cheese Pizza! 13 | National Positive Thinking Day Think positively about milk/bust myths. 18 | National Cheeseburger Day Menu Cheeseburgers. 26 | World School Milk Day (Last Wenesday in September) Plan dairy educational events! 2018-2019 DairyMarketing & Promotions Calendar National Farm to School Month ◆ National School Lunch 2018 October Week 06 | World Smile Day Give a friend a yogurt smile! 12 | National Taco Day Don’t forget the cheese! Add cheese and milk to your eggs. Menu an egg and cheese 13 | World Egg Day biscuit. 14 | National Dessert Day Feature a dessert with anything dairy. 15 | National Cheese Curd Day Sample cheese curds. 15-19, 2018 | National School Lunch Week - “School Lunch: Lots 2 Love” 25 | World Pasta Day Menu pasta with mozzarella and/or parmesan cheese. Sip chocolate milk after exercise. It is great for muscles post- 28 | National Chocolate Day workout. Encourage pre-packaged cheese sticks and cheese curds for 31 | Halloween Halloween treats. 2018 November National Diabetes Awareness Month 03 | World Sandwich Day Menu a ham and cheese sandwich. Sample yogurt dip. 04 | National Cookie Day Feature milk and cookies as a snack! 13 | World Kindness Day Give a friend his/her favorite milk. 25 | National Parfait Day Feature different varieties of yogurt parfaits. 2018 December Happy Holidays! 01 | National Eat A Red Apple Day Feature grab and go menu with oatmeal muffin paired with 19 | National Oatmeal Muffin Day yogurt or cheese stick. 2018-2019 DairyMarketing & Promotions Calendar 2019 January National Oatmeal Month 04 | National Spaghetti Day Offer cheese bread or a spice bar featuring parmesan cheese. 05 | National Whip Cream Day Add a dollop of whipped cream to your favorite fruit. 11 | National Milk Day Snap pictures and post to social media students drinking milk. 31 | National Hot Chocolate Day Prepare hot chocolate using milk. American Heart Month ◆ Black History Month ◆ National 2019 February Cherry Month ◆ National Grapefruit Month 06 | National Frozen Yogurt Day Try frozen single-serve yogurt tubes. 09 | National Pizza Day Menu at least three types of pizza only. 14 | Valentine’s Day Menu a chocolate pudding and yogurt parfait. (Third Monday in February) Feature the past U.S. presidents 18 | Presidents’ Day who were farmers on the serving line bulletin board or menu. Have a contest: If the groundhog sees or does not see his 02 | Groundhog Day shadow determines the upcoming dairy friendly menu! 02 | Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (First Saturday in February) Try bacon ice cream! National Nutrition Month ◆ Music in Our Schools Month ◆ 2019 March National School Breakfast Week 02 | Dr. Seuss Day and Read Across Prepare green eggs and ham – with cheese – for breakfast. America Day Read “Cow Loves Cookies” in addition to Dr. Seuss Books. 04-08, 2019 | National School Breakfast Week - “School Breakfast: Start Your Engines” 06 | International School Meals Day Feature international recipes. 08 | National What’s on Your Plate Day Feature dairy on your menu (plate). 10 | Daylight Savings Time Save time – feature a grab and go breakfast. 23 | National Chip and Dip day Feature a yogurt dip. 26 | National Spinach Day Feature a spinach and cheese quesadilla. 2018-2019 DairyMarketing & Promotions Calendar National Poetry Month ◆ National Pecan Month ◆ National 2019 April Humor Month ◆ Keep America Beautiful Month 07 | World Health Day & Start of Focus on the nutritional value in dairy foods and good health. National Public Health Week Offer a special snack or educational session for the teachers 11 | Cheese Fondue Day on cheese fondue. 12 | Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day Menu a gooey grilled cheese. Pair animal crackers or graham cracker-type with your grab 18 | National Animal Cracker Day and go yogurt. Work with your agriculture teacher and feature information 22 | Earth Day on sustainable and resource saving practices of farmers. 22 | National Vanilla Pudding Day Menu pudding! Plan a school picnic menu featuring grab and go offerings 23 | Picnic Day that include dairy. National Salad Month ◆ National Strawberry Month ◆ 2019 May National Beef Month ◆ National Salsa Month 01 | National Butter Day Make butter in a jar. (Second Sunday in May) Make breakfast for Mom --- make 10 | Mother’s Day her a yogurt parfait, a cheese omelet, cottage cheese and fruit cup, or milk shake. 2019 June Dairy Month 01 | World Milk Day/Global Milk Day Snap pictures of students and staff drinking milk. 04 | National Cheese Day Sample different cheeses. Try some cheese curds. 16 | Fresh Veggies Day Try making a yogurt dip recipe. 26 | National Chocolate Pudding Day Allow students to make pudding or to create pudding parfaits. 2018-2019.