Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - Friday, July 31, 2009
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28	29	30	1 Second half of the year day	2 National Blueberry Month Blueberries are and excellent source of vitamin C, providing 25% Daily Value	3 Blueberries are one of three fruits native to North America - the other two are Concord grapes and cranberries	4 Happy Fourth of July! Make red, white and blue yogurt parfaits
5 Fuel Up to Play 2009-10 Enroll for your school's FREE School Wellness Activation Kit	6 Plan now to for World School Milk Day	7 Tour de France Month Bike instead of drive and get the benefit of physical activity	8 Riding their bike counts towards the 1 hour of daily physical activity that kids need	9 National Baked Bean Month Beans are an excellent source of fiber	10 Food History Pilgrims learned to make baked beans from Native Americans, who created the first baked bean recipes	11 Read Blueberries for the Queen
12 Research Finding Milk consumption, rather than other food sources of calcium, was associated with better bone health in adolescent girls	13 Find the recommended progression for teaching Five Food Groups concepts.	14 Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Find out the answer	15 Teach the importance of healthy snacks with a game of Too Many "Others" Foods Tag	16 Low-fat and fat free milk provide the same amount of bone-building calcium as full-fat milk	17 Fun Fact Tomatoes last longer when stored with the stem side down	18 Fun Fact Vanilla continues to be Americans' favorite ice cream flavor
19 National Ice Cream Day Make Ice Cream in a Bag	20 Send Home... The July Fun Facts newsletter	21 Preschool Fun Put on a Five Cows Finger Play	22 Make Five Ways We Like to Move and Fuel Mini Posters	23 Summer Fun Take Milk Mustache photos and create a celebrity gallery	24 Have a Mix It with Milk Party	25 National Cowboy Day Read Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows
26 Parents' Day Take a walk with your kids today	27 Have kids take our Instant Poll	28 Rainy Day Activity Play Little D's online nutrition games	29 Foods from the MyPyramid Five Food Groups are "nutrient-rich" food	30 Summer Snack Activity Make Strawberry Frozen Yogurt Squares	31	1