Teaming up to support Action for Healthy Kids

We had a great week in Madison last week and, if you missed anything, you can visit our Hoard’s @ Expo blog for a recap. Thank you to those of you who followed along with us on the blog. We’re back here on the HD Notebook blog for the rest of the year.

While we were at World Dairy Expo, we had the proud opportunity to present a check to Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK.) The group addresses the epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools to improve nutrition and increase physical activity. The National Football League and the dairy industry are two of the program’s major sponsors. We’re part of that. We teamed up with Ag-Bag Products, Bayer Animal Health, Fort Dodge Animal Health, New Direction Equipment (NDE), Pfizer Animal Health, and Select Sires to present a check for $10,500.

Pictured in the photo left to right are: Gary Vorpahl, Hoard’s Dairyman; David Juda, Fort Dodge Animal Health; Laura Pires, Pfizer Animal Health; Terri Smith, Select Sires; Dainna Smith, Bayer Animal Health; Taylor Weinsensel, Ag-Bag Products; and Gerald Fieser, Florida Dairy Producer. Not pictured is Heather Reif, New Direction Equipment Company.

Teaming up to support Action for Healthy Kids

Dairy industry sponsors of the Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) program proudly present a check from Hoard's Dairyman during the 2008 World Dairy Expo. Hoard's raises money for AFHK through advertising from dairy industry sponsors and then matches their contributions. Dairy producers, through their investment in the National Dairy Council (NDC), the nutrition research and education arm of the dairy check-off, are working to introduce kids to the benefits and joys of exercise and nutritious foods, including dairy. By emphasizing the need for better nutrition and physical activity in our nation's schools, dairy producers are being part of the effort to fight childhood obesity and help America's youth reach their full potential.


Included in the photo from left to right are (front row) Paula Meabon, dairy producer: Erie County, Pennsylvania, vice chair of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board; Iris Neale, Fort Dodge Animal Health; Gary Vorpahl, Hoard's Dairyman; Brian Sturgeon, ImmuCell; Terri Smith, Select Sires, (back row) Taylor W. Weisensel, Ag-Bag Products; Jack Kolo, The Coburn Company; Brad Zumbach, Novartis Animal Health; Ben Church, Pfizer Animal Health.