Weis Markets Donates 4,000 Gallons of Milk to Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Milk is missing in area food banks throughout the region, and local children in need are missing out on the essential nutrients that milk provides. To help close the gap on this need, Weis Markets partnered with the Great American Milk Drive during Hunger Action Month last September, generating a donation of more than 4,000 gallons of milk for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.  

On March 4, Weis Markets provided the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank with its first delivery of this much needed donation item. More than 1,000 gallons were loaded onto a Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s delivery truck to be distributed to local families in need. 

“We are dedicated to the communities we serve, and we are excited to deliver this first installment of milk to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank,” says Brian Holt, Weis Markets’ vice president of advertising and marketing. “Our generous customers really committed to the Great American Milk Drive last September and we are proud to provide this much needed donation to our community.”

According to Feeding America, a national domestic hunger-relief organization, milk is one of the items most requested by food banks, yet there is a nationwide shortage because it is rarely donated, and local hunger groups are struggling to meet the demand. Although Americans are generous with non-perishable items, such as canned and dry goods, milk is much harder to donate because it isn’t shelf stable.

"The donation from Weis Markets is part of an amazing contribution of fresh Weis Quality milk to our food bank,” says Central Pennsylvania Food Bank executive director, Joe Arthur. “It will provide more than 64,000 eight-ounce servings of milk to Central Pennsylvanians in need, many of them children. We are thankful to Weis Markets’ executives, associates and customers for this incredibly valuable donation to our mission.”

Due to the large quantity of the donation, Weis Markets will deliver the remaining 3,000 gallons of milk to the food bank in the coming weeks.