Drive-Thru Milk Giveaway Event is from 9–11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15
CLOVIS, New Mexico, May 11, 2021 – Food pantries continue to face increased demand for food assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Feeding America®, with its more than 200 affiliates across the country, projects that 42 million people (1 in 8), including 13 million children (1 in 6), may experience food insecurity in 2021.
WHAT: To help provide much-needed nourishment for families in need, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national cooperative owned by dairy farm families across the U.S., and its farmer-owned brand Gandy’s has teamed up with Dairy MAX, representing more than 900 dairy farm families in New Mexico and seven other states, to organize a drive-thru milk giveaway.
WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 9–11 a.m., while supplies last, first come-first served. Limit is two gallons of milk per car.
WHERE: Parking Lot at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 921 N. Merriwether St., Clovis, N.M. 88101. The drive through is in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Catholic Church at the corner of West 9th Street and Rencher Street.
WHO: Open to the community. Limit is two gallons of milk per car, while supplies last. Attendees must stay in their cars and the milk will be brought to them and placed in their open trunk.
WHY: “As dairy farmers, we’re proud of the role we play in feeding families, and in times like these when so many are continuing to struggle, we feel passionately about doing all we can to help,” says Ron Schaap, a dairy farmer and DFA member-owner from Clovis.
“Our dairy farm families are passionate about supporting their local communities,” says Mike Konkle, CEO of Dairy MAX, “and we want to ensure that essential foods like milk and dairy products are accessible to those in need.”
An Ongoing Commitment to Help Feed Families
Since April 2020, DFA and its family farm-owners have donated the equivalent of more than 15 million servings of dairy to food pantries across the country. Additionally, through the creation of the DFA Cares Farmers Feeding Families Fund, DFA and its farmer-owners are raising money to help provide essential support and deliver much-needed dairy products to community food pantries across the country. To date, the Farmers Feeding Families Fund has raised more than $675,000 and donated financial support, dairy products and cold storage to nearly 250 community food pantries, where DFA’s family farm-owners live and work.
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About Dairy Farmers of America
Dairy Farmers of America is a national, farmer-owned dairy cooperative focusing on quality, innovation and the future of family dairies. While supporting and serving more than 12,500 family farm-owners, DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including fluid milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more that connect our Cooperative’s family farms to family tables with regional brands such as Alta Dena® Dairy, Oak Farms® Dairy, Meadow Gold® Dairy, Friendly®’s, Borden® Cheese, Plugra® Butter and Kemps® to name a few. On a global scale, we work with some of the world’s largest food companies to develop ingredients their customers are craving, while staying committed to social responsibility and ethical farming. For more information, please visit dfamilk.com.
About Dairy MAX
Founded more than 40 years ago, Dairy MAX is one of the leading regional dairy councils in America — representing more than 900 dairy farmers and serving communities in eight states: Colorado, southwest Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, western Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. A nonprofit organization, Dairy MAX is part of a nationwide effort to support dairy farming and drive impact for every dairy farmer, while promoting American agriculture. The organization operates five audience outreach programs: business development, consumer marketing, health and wellness, industry image and relations and school marketing. For more information about Dairy MAX and its team of experts, visit DairyMAX.org. Dairy resources and delicious recipes are available at DairyDiscoveryZone.com.
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