Dairy Council of Arizona awards grants to fight child hunger this June Dairy Month
The council also teamed up with the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation to feed hungry neighbors.
The Dairy Council of Arizona, Tempe, Ariz., said it awarded $40,000 in grants to summer feeding programs this June Dairy Month.
Arizona's hunger rates are higher than national averages, with an estimated 370,960 Arizona children facing hunger daily, according to Feeding America's 2016 “Map the Meal Gap” study. One in five children is hungry in Arizona.