Helping Farmers & Families in Our Community

When the pandemic hit our community and everyone retreated to their homes, local businesses felt the strain. Local farmers were hit hard and as a result of lower sales were dumping excess milk. Our leadership team grew up on local farms and were struck by the images of this. Seeing the opportunity in the farmer’s struggle, they decided to raise money to provide milk to those who need it in our community.

The idea was simple, match all donations up to 1,000 gallons of milk. We partnered with our affiliate companies Facility Pros and Badgerland Pressure Cleaning to match the donations and were blown away by all of the support. We were inspired by everyone’s contributions! With support of our community we were able to donate a total of 1,325 gallons of milk!

It was important to us that we use a local milk processor, so working with Sassy Cow Creamery was a natural fit. To distribute the milk we turned to the Waunakee School District. They were amazing to partner with. Due to the schools closing, the school district put out communication they would be continuing to provide meals for those who need it. Adding a gallon of milk to this offering made a lot of sense to us!

We also partnered with the Waunakee Farmer’s Market and gave away milk to anyone who stopped by our booth! In addition to the extra milk at the end of the school year, we had extra donations that came through. We decided to keep the support of farmers going with a partnership with Carr Valley Cheese to process fresh cheese curds to give away. We asked if we could create a drive through in the Waunakee Fire Department’s parking lot and they agreed to let us use the space!

All in we were able to achieve what we set out to: support local farmers and families! It was an honor to work with everyone involved. In a time when things were uncertain, we focused on something positive - giving!