Month of June
Black Music Month
Corn Month
Cucumber Month
Country Cooking Month
Dairy Alternative Month - hold an informational promotion and have flyers or a class about lactose intolerance and the wide variety of options for those that suffer with it. (ex. have a soy milk taste testing with difference flavors)
Lemon Month
Mango Month
Iced Tea Month
Rose Month - hold an informational promotion about edible roses with recipe examples
Days in June
2nd - Rocky Road Day: serve rocky road ice cream as your ice cream feature or make rocky road brownies for dessert
3rd - National Donut Day: change up your breakfast pastry to showcase a local bakery or a new homemade recipe
5th - Happy World Environment Day: if you haven't started a recycling program in your kitchen for paper and cans, now would be a great day to start it and promote the change to your residents
6th - National Chocolate Ice Cream Day: instead of the usual chocolate ice cream, see what other unique chocolate ice creams your provider has - Chocolate Raspberry, Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate Cheesecake, etc.
8-9th - Banana Split Days
10th - Iced Tea Day: offer different types of flavored teas at a meal, have your RD or chef present the benefits of tea, have a tea party on the patio with iced teas
11th - Corn on the Cob Day
12th - Peanut Butter Cookie Day
16th - Fudge Day
16th - Fresh Vegetable Day: this would be a great time to have a farmers market! Contact a local produce company or farm and have them visit your facility.
17th - Root Beer Float Day
22nd - National Chocolate Eclair Day: serve chocolate eclairs, but make a splash with them! Place clothed tiers on a table and showcase the eclairs with fresh berries and chocolate shavings. If you do not have a formal dining room to do this in, place it on a decorated cart and move from unit to unit, serving "tableside".
25th - National Catfish Day: line diner baskets with colorful wax paper and serve a catfish with hushpuppies and coleslaw dinner
18th - Sushi Day