Holstein Foundation Raises
$lO,OOO To Benefit Dairy Youth
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. With
leadership from the Holstein
Foundation Board of Trustees,
$10,400 was raised in contribu
tions and pledges to purchase an
animal at the National Holstein
Convention Sale in Boise, Idaho
on June 21.
Over 40 generous individuals
joined together and pledged/con
tributed a total of $10,400 to the
Holstein Foundation to purchase
an animal at the sale. Norlis Cleo
Mandel was purchased with the
pledges and contributions for
$lO,OOO and then resold to Rich
ard Jordan of Idaho for $lO,OOO,
with all proceeds going to the Hol
stein Foundation to support a new
program, Dairy Knowledge Jeo
pardy Contest.
Dairy Knowledge Jeopardy
Contest is being developed to pro
vide programming for dairy youth
ages 9 - 13, broadening the age
DFA Spurs Industry Support of Dairy
Relief Inc., Global Hunger Relief
Today’s preoccupation
with producing more
milk, developing new
dairy products and mak
ing the bottom line
work, sometimes causes
us to lose sight of real
needs. In February,
Dairy Relief Inc. (DRI), a
nonprofit organization,
was formed to help bile-’
viate world hunger by
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population served by Holstein
Foundation programs. The pro
gram format will be modeled after
the popular television program.
Jeopardy. Furthermore, dairy
youth can compete as individuals
from states where they may not
have a large enough population to
field a dairy bowl team. The pro
gram will enable youth to begin at
an early age to hone and develop
their dairy knowledge through
study and preparation for the con
test Dairy Knowledge Jeopardy
will also serve as good preparation
for those dairy youth who go on to
participate on dairy bowl teams.
The Dairy Knowledge Jeopardy
program will provide opportuni
ties for dairy youth to leant life
skills such as critical thinking, de
cision-making, problem solving
and communications. Plans are
being developed to launch the pro
gram at the All-breeds convention
in Madison, Wisconsin scheduled
providing dairy products
for humanitarian aid.
With its first major
grant of $50,000 from
Dairy Farmers of America
(DFA) and additional
support from other dairy
and agricultural organiza
tions, DRI immediately
began fulfilling its mission
of relief here and abroad.
Its efforts included:
for March 2000.
The Mandel daughter purch
ased in the sale by the Holstein
Foundation was owned by Amy
Hagenow of Reedsville, Wiscon
sin. The dry Junior Three-Year-
Old had a very successful show
season last year, being first Junior
at World Dairy Expo along with
first place Junior Two-Year-Old at
the Grand National Junior Hol
stein Show. She went on to be
named the Reserve Junior All-
American Junior Two-Year-Old.
Hagenow has been heavily involv
ed in dairy youth programs, both
in the state of Wisconsin and on
the National Level, where she was
recently named a Distinguished
Junior Member. She is currently
serving in a summer internship
position with the Holstein
Foundation headquartered in Brat
tleboro, Vermont with an empha
sis on youth and communications
programs.
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• Establishing a grant to
the Mennonite Central
Committee of Akron, Pa.,
for delivery of nearly
7,500 pounds of nonfat
milk powder to schools
on the strife-tom West
Bank of Palestine;
• Delivering approxi
mately 20,000 pounds of
buttermilk powder to
Cornell Wine , Brew Lab
Benefits From Gala Dinner
GENEVA, N.Y. The Gala
Dinner and Wine Country
Auction conducted early March
to benefit the Cornell
Vinification and Brewing
Technology Laboratory under
construction at the New York
State Agricultural Experiment
Station in Geneva, N.Y. was a
success.
“The event went far better
than we expected,” said FS&T
chairman Mark McLellan. “Over
$14,000 was raised after expens
es and everybody had a good
time.”
Many Geneva staff and facul
ty were in attendance, as were
central New York winemakers,
brewmasters, business people,
politicians, and Geneva nota
bles. “The representation was
broader than last year, and even
though we had fewer attendees
than last year, we raised more
cash from the auction,” said
Global Bridges, a Texas
based charity, for ship
ment to needy North
Koreans for bread roll
production;
• Shipping more than
39,900 pounds of nonfat
dry milk to Honduran
hurricane victims.
(This DRI donation was
made possible with the
assistance of the David
Livmgstone/K.U.R.E.
Foundation )
“We’ve received contri
butions from many
sources,” says Tom
Townsend, a retired dairy
industry executive who
serves as DRI vice presi
dent and chief executive
officer. “Those contribu
tions, along with matching
funds from Dairy Farmers
of America, have made it
possible for DRI to make
product purchases and
work with other humani
tarian organizations to
put dairy products where
thev are needed most.”
To date, DFA has
matched more than
$lOO,OOO in contributions
and DRI has generated
more than $260,000 for
humanitarian relief.
In coming months,
DRI will focus on two
fronts. “We’ll be assem
bling additional shipments
of dairy products and, at
the same time, we will be
actively seeking new
donations,” Townsend
says. “We plan to reach
and exceed our initial
fund-raising goals in
order to purchase and
ship dairy products to
hungry and undernour
ished people around the
world. We hope this is
only the beginning.”
For more information
about DRI or to make a
tax-deductible contribu
tion, contact Dairy Relief
Inc., P.O. Box 1837,
Springfield, MO 65801-
1837, or talk to your local
DFA representative.
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The 120 attendees paid $lOO
a plate and were treated to a
sumptuous black tie affair and
wine country auction at the
Geneva' Lakefront Ramada.
Daryl B Lund, Ronald P. Lynch,
Dean of the College of
Agricultural and Life Sciences,
served as master of ceremonies.
The was the second annual
event. So far, more than
$150,000 of state funds nave
been earmarked for the project,
and $70,000 in donations from
the industry. The 2,000 square
foot pilot plant is being designed
and specially equipped for enolo
gy and brewing studies. To date,
the lab has been emptied,
cleaned, and painted Flooring
and drainage is being installed
and footers were poured for an
outside delivery ramp and plat
form as the former machine
shop is being expanded west of
the FS&T building.
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