Area Food Pantries Receive $45,000 From United Cooperative
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Donations of $45,000 will reach Wisconsin community food pantries this month thanks to Beaver Dam-based United Cooperative, and matching funds from Land O’Lakes Foundation, CHS Foundation and CoBank.
“While our cooperatives are dedicated to the food industry through the growing, handling and marketing of grain and feeding of animals, food is not necessarily an abundant resource for families in need,” shared David Cramer, United Cooperative President and CEO. “As a local agricultural organization that is committed to serving its members, we provide these resources to help area communities serve their residents with food.”
United Cooperative has provided $189,000 to Wisconsin food pantries over the last five years. This year, as many communities in the United Cooperative area were impacted by devastating floods, United Cooperative moved the timing of these donations to October to better support those in need, now. Donations to these food pantries are provided in honor of all United Cooperative farmer/members across south central, southwest and northeast Wisconsin.
Food pantries that received donations include: Algoma – Kewaunee County Food Pantry; Ashippun - Ashippun Bread Basket; Beaver Dam - PAVE (People Against a Violent Environment, Inc.) Food Pantry; Beaver Dam - Dodge County Food Pantry; Belleville – Belleville Food Pantry; Berlin - Grace English Lutheran Church; Baraboo - Baraboo Food Pantry; Cecil - St. Martin Parish Food Pantry; Columbus - Columbus/Fall River Food Pantry; Columbus – Crossroads Columbus Food Pantry; Dale I Hortonville – Hortonville Community Food Pantry; Deerfield - Deerfield Community Center Food Pantry; Denmark (Maribel) - Community Cupboard, Inc .; Fox Lake - Living Hope Food Pantry, Inc .; Gillett – St. John’s Lutheran Church; Green Bay - Paul’s Pantry, Inc .; Hartford - First United Methodist Church Food Pantry; Hillsboro - Good Samaritan Thrift Store Food Pantry; Horicon - Sacred Heart Congregation Food Pantry; Horicon - St. Stephen’s Food Pantry; Johnson Creek - Johnson Creek Food Pantry; Kewaunee - Lakeshore Community Pantry; Lena – St. Anne Parish; Lodi – Reach Out Lodi Community Store; Malone – Holyland Food Pantry; Manawa – Manawa Area Food Pantry; Manitowoc – The Salvation Army; Mayville - Mayville Food Pantry; Milton - Milton Community Action Food Pantry; Montello – Marquette County Care and Share Food Bank; Oconto Falls - Kingdom Come Food Pantry; Oshkosh - Oshkosh Area Community Pantry; Portage - Food Pantry at Big Spring Church; Portage – Portage Food Pantry; Sauk City - Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry, Inc .; Pulaski - Community Pantry of Pulaski, Inc; Reedsburg - Reedsburg Food Pantry; Reeseville - Gathering Source; Ripon - Traded Treasures Thrift Store and Community Food Pantry; Shawano - SAFPARC (Shawano Area Food Pantry & Resource Center); Shioction - Loaves & Fishes Community Food Pantry; Tilleda – United Lutheran Parish Food Pantry; Viroqua – Living Faith Food Pantry; Watertown - Watertown Food Pantry; Waupun - Waupun Area Food Pantry.
About United Cooperative
Formed in 1936, United Cooperative is a full-service cooperative offering feed, grain, agronomy, and energy products and services to midwestern farmers and consumers. United Cooperative has locations in Auroraville, Baraboo, Beaver Dam, Belmont, Boscobel, Coleman, Deerfield, Denmark, Greenville, Gresham, Hartford, Hillsboro, Horicon, Hustisford, Johnson Creek, Kendall, Mayville, Oconto Falls, Ontario, Oshkosh, Pickett, Poynette, Prairie du Sac, Pulaski, Reedsburg, Ripon, Rock Springs, Sauk City, Shawano, South Beaver Dam, Westfield, Wilton, Wonewoc and Wyocena. For more information, visit http://www.unitedcooperative.com.
