Feeding America, The Great American Milk Drive aim to meet kids’ summertime milk needs
More than 22 million kids could lose regular access to milk's essential nutrients when school is out.
Chicago-based Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief organization — alongside America's dairy farmers and milk companies — said it is working to pour more milk for kids in need this June for National Dairy Month. The Great American Milk Drive, a program of the Washington, D.C.-headquartered Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), makes it easy for consumers to donate nutrient-rich milk to local children and families who face hunger.
With 8 grams of protein per serving and three of the top nutrients most likely to be missing in kids' diet — calcium, vitamin D and potassium — milk is an efficient and affordable way for America's feeding programs to get critical nourishment to kids and families who need it, Feeding America and MilkPEP said.