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2026 National School Lunch Week Athlete Quotes
Download & save these five different University of Maine athlete quotes to celebrate National School Lunch Week! Football Athlete Quote Field Hockey Athlete Quote Women’s Soccer Athlete Quote Men’s Basketball Athlete Quote Women’s Basketball Athlete Quote
Enjoying Dairy to its Fullest: The Latest on Whole Milk
Imagine walking through a grocery store toward the back coolers, where you’ll find all the dairy products. You’re looking for the section nestled between the eggs and the creamers, labeled “Milk.” Most days we hardly give the milk section a second glance. We just grab what we need, and we move on, because, … Continued
We All Scream For Ice Cream
There’s just about nothing better than ice cream on a hot summer day. This makes it feel fitting that National Ice Cream Month is July. As a staff, we love all our fun dairy treats around the state. While talking through all the different places we love, we decided to highlight a few that stood … Continued
What People Have to Say
Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council works with schools across the state, offering grants each year for needed school nutrition equipment.
Tina Fabian, RSU 3
The milk barrels were a fun and engaging marketing tool to showcase milk. Displaying them at the end of our serving line had a noticeable impact, encouraging more students to choose milk with their meals. We sincerely appreciate the support of the Maine Dairy Council in helping make this possible!
Denise Tapley, RSU 89
The coolers were extremely useful to our program, besides use in the regular summer program. The kids thought they were super cool and awesome looking! We appreciate your organization so much and love our coolers.
Wendy McDonald, Orrington and Dedham
The students love seeing the milk in the milk barrels and picking it up themselves. They like that the milk is so cold- that has really surprised them how cold the barrels keep the milk.
Cyndi Kimball, Easton
This piece of equipment is the coolest—both figuratively and literally. The students truly enjoy having access to the yogurt bar, especially with the fresh fruit mix-ins. Honestly, we didn’t realize just how much yogurt we were going through until we saw the distributor’s numbers. It's clearly a big hit!
Tammy Conners, RSU 74
We have been fortunate to be able to receive coolers when needed for many years. The coolers are a must to serve meals off site and away from our cafeterias (summer meals, field trips or simply spring picnics outside.) The size is much safer for staff to carry than a large chest cooler and we do pack reasonably even though the coolers can hold a full crate of milk. Your support is very much appreciated!
