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The Great American Milk Drive Follow Along Live 11:45 #MilkDrive

April 2, 2014 by Momstart 5 Comments

This is a partnered post with MomItForward

Today I’m going to spend the afternoon in Seattle at the Food Bank learning about what Milk has in store for the Great American Milk Drive. Did you know that many Americans are pressured financially due to a convergence of economic stresses – which means more people are turning to their local food bank for help. Compared to four years ago, one million more people are seeking emergency food assistance from the Feeding America network each week. Increasingly, food banks have introduced nutrition criteria for the meals served to clients. For Feeding America, two-thirds of the food banks in the network follow the USDA’s MyPlate guidelines for a balanced meal – which includes a serving of milk. Only 2/3 we can do better.

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Milk tops the list of the food items most requested by food bank participants (85 percent), followed by fresh fruits (77 percent) and fresh vegetables (74 percent). While several recent initiatives have focused on getting more produce into feeding programs, The Great American Milk Drive is the first program to help resolve the milk shortage. With the help of Jesse Tyler Ferguson of ABC’s Modern Family and nutritionist Ellie Krieger the goal is to deliver two million gallons of milk to food banks across the country.

You can follow along today as Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief organization is launching the program to encourage others to give milk to food banks. This is the first nationwide program to encourage consumers to donate nutrient-rich milk to hungry families. You can buy milk online at www.milklife.com/give (or text to a special code) and donate it to a food pantry in their zip code for as little as $5 at a time. Every dollar collected will go to purchasing and delivering milk to hungry families through the Feeding America network. There will be 9 livestreaming events for the Great American Milk Drive around the country and you can watch them all here to learn more.

 

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  1. Marissa says

    April 2, 2014 at 9:03 am

    What a great opportunity!

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  2. Jordan says

    April 2, 2014 at 9:54 am

    That’s awesome!

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  3. Sandra VanHoey says

    April 2, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    What a wonderful idea and I know we have give to food banks ourselves as well. This is just awesome to see this being done to help so many people in need

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  4. alicia k (Petite Pilates Pixie) says

    April 2, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Great drive!!! What an awesome movement

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  5. saminder gumer says

    April 3, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    this is a great event and i would love to help.

    Reply

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