Full story link: http://www.usda.gov/2004/11/0491.xml Release No. 0491.04 Ed Loyd (202) 720-4623 Latawnya Dia (202) 720-7962 USDA EXTENDS DONATIONS OF NON-FAT DRY MILK TO FAITH BASED & 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx or Clyde King at (816) 926-2610; e-mail CPKING@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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 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. USDA News oc.news@xxxxxxxx 202 720-4623 ---------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to oc.news@xxxxxxxx and reference your email address.
