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Carlton Reid, Acting Principal of Grantley Prescod Memorial Primary, looks on as Jessica Birkett of Pine Hill Dairy (PHD) hands out milk beverages to students of the school under the watchful eye of PHD’s Milky the Mascot.


 

 

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Grantley Prescod Primary celebrates World School Milk Day

9/27/2012

THE importance of drinking milk was highlighted yesterday, as students of the Grantley Prescod Primary School located in the Pine, St. Michael, celebrated World School Milk Day with the help of representatives of Pine Hill Dairy.

World School Milk Day is organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and is celebrated in over 30 countries around the world, including Barbados, on an annual basis. Launched in 2000, the day, which is celebrated on the last Wednesday in September, is used to promote the importance of drinking milk at school to children in a fun and educational way. Indeed, the students seemed eager to see Pine Hill Dairy’s “Milky, the Mascot”, after he arrived on the compound to interact and engage them and they also received a few give-away milk products, while sampling Pine Hill Dairy’s milk products.

Carlton Reid, Acting Principal of Grantley Prescod Memorial, stressed the importance of the day to staff and students.

“Today at Grantley Prescod Memorial, we are celebrating World School Milk Day. This has become an annual event to the school. It took place last year and this morning we have Milky the Mascot from Pine Hill as well as some members from Pine Hill and they are serving the children some milk products,” Reid indicated to the Barbados Advocate.

“I am very happy that they have come this morning, because it will sensitise the children to the use of milk, the various vitamins contained in milk and the properties in milk. It will also give them an alternative beverage to use at break time, rather than using some of the beverages that are very high in sugar content,” he said.

Acknowledging that there have been concerns about school children in general consuming unhealthy snacks and beverages, given the rise in chronic non-communicable diseases, Reid also stated that the school has taken the initiative to break this trend by introducing a day where healthier foods can be enjoyed.

“Every Thursday we have healthy fruit snacks, where we serve local fruit and then local beverages like lemonade. Once apples are in season, we also serve golden apple drink and things like that. We have started again this term and this Thursday, we are going to have some healthy fruit snacks available to the children,” he said.

Meanwhile, Commercial Manager with Pine Hill, Sandra Ramoutar, indicated that the company is happy to be part of such an initiative, which has become an annual event and one which has the interest of children at heart. (RSM)

 

 



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