Release No. 0491.04
Contact: Ed Loyd (202) 720-4623
Latawnya Dia (202) 720-7962
USDA Extends Donations of
Non-Fat Dry Milk to Faith Based and Community Organizations Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2004 -
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture has extended for 90 days the program to donate non-fat dry milk to
nonprofit, faith-based and community organizations for use in meal services or
for distribution to needy recipients.
"This extended initiative will
contribute to USDA's efforts to meet nutritional requirements of those in need
while continuing to build on President Bush's Faith-Based and Community
Initiative," said Veneman. "Distribution of non-fat dry milk to nonprofit,
faith-based and community organizations is just one of many ways that USDA helps
to feed the hungry."
The program, the National Nonprofit
Humanitarian Initiative (NNHI), was announced Sept. 17, 2003 slated to end Sept.
30 but now will run through Dec. 31, 2004. The program provides excess inventory
of non-fat dry milk to about 73 organizations that in turn deliver the non-fat
dry milk (NDM) nationwide. The program is being extended due to popular demand
by the nonprofit organizations. While NNHI helps meet the nutrition needs of the
disadvantaged, the program also reduces surplus government stocks of NDM.
The NDM is being provided to the
previous qualified non-profit organizations under the NNHI Agreement. USDA will
provide up to an additional 10 million pounds of both instantized NDM fortified
with vitamins A and D, as well as non-instantized and non-fortified NDM during
this extended period. Since the program started in Sept. 2003, USDA has
distributed about 44 million pounds of instantized NDM and 92.8 million pounds
of non-instantized and non-fortified NDM, a total of 136.8 million pounds of NDM.
USDA has a long history of
establishing partnerships with faith-based organizations to deliver assistance
through domestic and international feeding programs. USDA also administers 15
domestic nutrition programs that touch the lives of one in every five people
each day, including the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast
Program, the Food Stamp Program, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
Further information on this extended
initiative can be obtained by contacting William Lang at (816) 926-6050; e-mail:
WLLANG@kcc.usda.gov or Clyde King
at (816) 926-2610; e-mail
CPKING@kcc.usda.gov and to USDA press release no. 0322.03.
The following organizations received
NDM in 2003.
- AAFACD, Inc.
- Action Ministries, Inc.
- America's Second Harvest
- California Emergency Foodlink
- Capital Area Community Action Agency
- Cascade - Blue Mt. Food Share
- Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council
- Chreia Church Resource Center, Inc.
- Christian Care Center, Inc
- Christian Relief Services, Inc.
- CityTeam Ministries
- Coastal Rescue Mission, Inc.
- Community Ministry
- Community Services Council
- Cooperative Care Center
- Farm Share, Inc.
- Feed The Children, Inc.
- Food Bank of Delaware
- Food Finders Food Bank, Inc.
- Goodness Outreach Depot
- Gospel Rescue Mission
- Guymon Community Enrichment Foundation
- Harbor Haven Ministries
- Harvesting International Ministry Center, Inc.
- Inter-Faith Community Services
- Jeffco Action Center, Inc.
- Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission, Inc.
- LESEA Global Feed The Hungry, Inc.
- Love, Inc. of Tulare County
- Midwest Mission Distribution Center
- Mission Liberia Of One Accord, Inc.
- Operation Blessing DBA Catholic Charities (Archdiocees of Chicago)
- Operation Blessing DBA Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden
- Operation Blessing DBA Christian Faith Center of Creedmoor, Inc.
- Operation Blessing DBA Christians For Change Resource Develop. Foundation
- Operation Blessing DBA Church on the Move Plains Assembly of God
- Operation Blessing DBA CityHope Ministries, Inc.
- Operation Blessing DBA CUMAC ECHO Inc.
- Operation Blessing DBA Families Outreach Ctr Corp Families Helping Families
- Operation Blessing DBA Giving Hope DBA Goad International
- Operation Blessing DBA Joseph Laurore Foundation, Inc.
- Operation Blessing DBA Porterville Rescue Mission
- Operation Blessing DBA Society of St. Vincent de Paul-St. Patrick's Conf.
- Operation Blessing DBA St. Paul's United Methodist Church
- Operation Blessing DBA The Salvation Army, Kankakee, IL
- Operation Blessing DBA The Salvation Army, Los Angeles, CA
- Operation Blessing DBA The Salvation Army, Peoria, IL
- Operation Blessing DBA Word of Faith Ministries
- Operation Blessing DBA World Changers Church International
- Operation Blessing Relief & Development Corp
- Operation Compassion Opportunities, Inc.
- Paso Del Norte Food Bank
- Refuge Temple C.O.G.I.C.
- Schenectady Inner City Ministry Food Program
- Somerset Community Action Program, Inc.
- St. James Social Services Corp
- St. Paul's Community Development Corporation
- The Mission, Inc.
- The Salvation Army, Anchorage, AK
- The Salvation Army, Denver, CO
- The Salvation Army, Phoenix, AZ
- The Salvation Army, Portland, OR
- The Salvation Army, Sacramento, CA
- The Springs Rescue Mission
- United Christian Ministries, Inc.
- Wayne County Community Service Org., Inc.
- Wayside Christian Mission
- Western Carolina Rescue Ministries
- Westside Food Bank
- With Love From Jesus Ministries, Inc.
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