New for This School Year: Celebration Calendar to Support Your Cafeteria Promotions
Bring more fun, flavor and meaning to your school meal program all year long!
The Made With School Lunch (MWSL) Celebration Calendar is a resource designed to help connect school meals to moments that matter. Whether you’re looking to boost student engagement, elevate the MWSL campaign, celebrate your cafeteria staff or align with seasonal trends, this calendar makes it easy to plan ahead.
Now part of the Made With School Lunch campaign, the Celebration Calendar is packed with month-long, week-long and single-day observances offering endless inspiration for creative meal themes, cafeteria decorations and social media spotlights.
Use the Calendar to:
- Build excitement around school meals with themed days and food occasions
- Align your cafeteria celebrations with national events and fun observances
- Promote school nutrition through storytelling, visuals and student participation
- Inspire your community with engaging, inclusive year-round content
Highlights include:
- National School Lunch Week (Oct. 13-17, 2025)
- World Kindness Week (Nov. 10–16, 2025)
- National Pear Month (Dec.)
- National Pizza Week (Jan. 11–17, 2026)
- National School Breakfast Week (Mar. 2-6, 2026)
- School Lunch Hero Day (May – First Friday)
- …and dozens more!
Download the Celebration Calendar today and start planning a school year filled with joy, creativity and school lunch moments that will make everyone smile!
Note: The MWSL Celebration Calendar is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all observations, and inclusion in this resource does not imply SNA’s endorsement of any events or observations. Dates and events are subject to change based on national observance updates.
