ShopRite Raises Nearly $64,000 to Help Get Milk to Families in Need

As part of ADA North East’s National Dairy Month retail campaign, ShopRite, one of the four major retail chains that encouraged consumers to donate at checkout to Fill a Glass with Hope®, helped raise $63,996 for nearly 14,000 gallons of milk.

Fill a Glass with Hope was established in 2015, as a partnership between dairy farmers through ADA North East, Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association and Feeding Pennsylvania to make the campaign a reality. Since then, more than 27 million servings of milk have been distributed.

“Milk is one of the most requested items at food banks, but one of the least donated because of its perishability,” said ADA North East CEO John Chrisman. “Dairy farmers recognized this need in their local communities and helped initiate the charitable campaign to help their neighbors.”

Stay tuned as more results from Price Chopper, Safeway and Weis Markets’ 443 participating stores become available.