900 cases of milk donated to Feeding SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Milk is an essential part of the human diet, with it being a great source of calcium, vitamin D, and other nutrients. But when money gets tight, milk can be hard to afford. That's why a local milk business is partnering with a nonprofit to get milk on people's tables.
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Feeding South Dakota gets a lot of donations from people in the community.
'When you think of food drives, that maybe local places are having or local groups are having, a lot of times, you know, you think of shelf-stable items,' Senior Development Officer at Feeding SD, Susanne Gale, said.
But one thing they don't see a lot of is milk, and lately it's gotten worse.
'With the recent cutbacks in the USDA, loads that we receive, we actually lost loads of milk,' CEO at Feeding SD, Lori Dykstra, said.
Which is why Feeding South Dakota is thankful that Prairie Farms showed up today.
'We're donating a trailer load of 1%, half gallons that will be arriving here shortly. It will be 8,100 units of half-gallon milk to hand out to families that need the most,' General Manager at Prairie Farms, John Cooper, said.
'Milk is such an essential protein. And we want to make sure that we are giving foods to encourage a healthy diet and so that's why these types of donations are even more important to our families in need,' Dykstra said.
But Prairie Farms is doing more than just donating this milk.
'For June National Dairy Month, when you donate to Feeding South Dakota, Prairie Farms is going to match that gift, doubling the impact that we have to allow access to everyone, for the wholesome goodness of dairy products,' Cooper said.
'Milk is one of those items that, when families are struggling to stretch their budget, that will sometimes give up. And so we want to make sure that we always try to have those products on hand,' Dykstra said.
Making a difference one half-gallon at a time.
Feeding South Dakota also decked out Bessie the cow in front of the Prairie Farms location in Sioux Falls.
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