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CHRIS CELEBRATES WORLD SCHOOL MILK DAY
October 5, 2009 12:00 AM
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne joined pupils at Hamble primary school to celebrate the tenth annual world school milk day with a sip or two of the white stuff.
Chris said: "School milk is great for growing kids. Every child under the age of five is entitled to a third of a pint of free school milk every day, and there is no doubt about the health benefits according to recent research.
"School milk also tastes a lot better than it did during my school days when I think the teachers must have added blackboard chalk dust" joked Chris.
"I hope parents will make sure that their child is getting their school milk. It helps a balanced and nutritious diet".
More than 10,000 schools now get free or subsidised school milk, and Cool Milk is promoting free school milk across the rest of the country.
Thirty countries celebrate World School Milk Day, which is sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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Notes to Editors:
• School milk day was on September 30th 2009 to celebrate school milk on one day at the same time across the world
• Organised by the FAO (Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN), 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the event
• Over 30 countries celebrated the event across the world
• Cool Milk is the UK's leading school milk supplier; working in partnership with over 65 local authorities to supply free and subsidised school milk to children in pre-schools, nurseries and primary schools
• The Hamble primary school event was one of 35 local events throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Hungary where all schools were supplied with FREE milk
• Every child under the age of five is entitled to a free 189ml serving of milk whilst in attendance of a registered daycare provider for two or more hours a day
• Milk is a great source of every vitamin and mineral of nutritional importance to everyone, especially for children of a young age
• Cool Milk understands that offering school milk can be an administrative and financial burden; with reimbursement often taking up to four months to be received. In order to combat this, Cool Milk have partnered with local authorities throughout the UK to develop an admin-friendly milk scheme designed to remove the administrative and financial burden, leaving the nurseries more time and money to spend with the children
• With over 10 years experience Cool Milk work in partnership with more then 65 local authorities throughout the UK to provide school milk schemes to fit their individual requirements; at NO COST to the local authority or the schools
For more information please visit the website www.coolmilk.com
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