School Milk List is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/school-milk/en/> Dear Louise, I was encouraged to learn about Fonterra's plans to celebrate World School Milk Day. Regarding your questions, I'm attaching below an earlier messages which summarises many of the issues related to the Day. Regarding a logo, the is no standardized design for World School Milk Day (nor World Milk Day), so individuals or companies are free to design one which suits their needs. A search in Google may produce some ideas. I would encourage you .... and other list members .... to keep us informed of progress in planning the celebrations: both for interest and to provide inspiration to others. Happy celebrations! Michael ================================== School Milk List is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/school-milk/en/> Dear Members, Following the exceptionally large participation of countries in World Milk Day this year, I would like to remind everyone that the 14th World School Milk Day is on 24 September (or any date you wish to choose): World School Milk Day<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/school-milk/it/> If you are planning to hold celebrations, can you send the information to us, so we can share it with others - as a source of inspiration? If you have not made any plans yet, there's still plenty of time! Celebrations can be as small or as big as you like! I am looking forward to receiving your messages (and photos)! Michael ============================================================================================================== WORLD SCHOOL MILK DAY How did it start? Following discussion on FAO's email discussion lists regarding selecting a particular day on which school milk could be celebrated internationally, consensus was reach amongst members that World School Milk Day would be celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. This date was chosen because schools were open all the countries surveyed during this month. The end of the month was selected to allow countries in the Western hemisphere sufficient time to prepare for this day, as in most of these countries the school year starts in early September. Wednesday was chosen as it was a school day in all countries surveyed. The 1st World School Milk Day was held in 2000 and it has since become an annual event . Every last Wednesday in September, a number of countries - regardless of whether they are large or small, rich or poor - celebrate World School Milk Day, demonstrating that the interest in school milk is universal. This year WORLD SCHOOL MILK DAY is celebrated on Wednesday, September 24. The goal of World School Milk Day is to provide a particular day when attention is focused on this issue and thereby promote such programmes. Importance is lent to the event by the fact that other countries are doing the same thing, on the same day, and that FAO is supporting the activity. FAO's role is to co-ordinate celebrations by informing people through the Dairy-Outlook and School-Milk lists about the Day and collating information from list members regarding preparations for celebrating this Day and inspire others to join in. From our end here, we can only remind, encourage and promote, but the real ideas and organizing work happens at the national or local level in the various countries. How is World School Milk Day celebrated? World School Milk Day is an "open" day - people are free to celebrate how they wish. Celebrations can be at any level - from national or regional events to individual schools. Some countries have started in a small way and have organized bigger celebrations with each passing year. Big or small, all have a common goal: to draw attention to school milk and thereby promote its consumption. In celebrating the Day, FAO's involvement can be freely mentioned; however, this does not extend to FAO endorsing a particular branded product. At the same time, a key facet of FAO's work on school milk has been the duel promotion of dairy industry development and good child nutrition. Therefore, branded products and promotions, which are a way of promoting the dairy industry, can be used during celebrations. Celebrations of past years showed how creative people are in celebrating WSMD. In almost all countries celebrating the Day, free milk is distributed to children in schools. Other activities include sporting events, distribution of educational and promotional material and celebrity visits to schools; also drawing and art competitions are very popular. Often dairy companies act as sponsors of the Day and provide not only free milk but also promotional material such as t-shirts, caps, pens, posters, etc. for the children. From: Exchange of information on school milk programmes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of FAO-School-Milk Sent: 28 August 2014 14:34 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: World School Milk Day ... information needed School Milk List is a service of FAO's Trade and Markets Division<http://www.fao.org/economic/est/est-commodities/dairy/school-milk/en/> Hello, I am managing Fonterra's World School Milk Day event, and will be able to send through details on everything that we are doing in the next week or so. Are you able to provide me with the latest logo files for us to use, so we can ensure that there is the correct link to the FAO. If you send through the files in all formats available so our designers are able to use them when creating our posters and packs for schools. 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