Nearly 300 employees of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) convened at Real Food Farm in Baltimore, Md. for an afternoon of service.
Volunteers supported two of Civic Works’ largest programs, Real Food Farm and the REACH Partnership school, by preparing land at the farm for the winter and performing multiple site maintenance and beautification projects for both programs. Among the day’s activities were painting a structure used for educational events, weeding hoop houses, mulching pathways, clearing land for additional hoop houses and reclaiming an overgrown wetland wildlife area.
The volunteer event has become a tradition at DFA’s annual training conference, which is held in a different city each year. The activity was coordinated and managed by Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland (BVU) through a partnership with Civic Works, an organization dedicated to building a future for Baltimore’s youth through community service and skills development. Volunteers worked on Civic Works’ campus in Clifton Park, which is in the Belair-Edison neighborhood of Baltimore.
Through ongoing hunger and nutrition initiatives and volunteer activities such as this, DFA members and staff are able to fulfill one of the Cooperative’s core values — community. Outreach projects are conducted through the DFA Cares Foundation, which was founded to assist DFA’s dairy farmer members and others in agriculture communities affected by natural disasters. Today, the Foundation has expanded to include the DFA Cares Hotline, DFA’s Member Assistance Program and the DFA Scholarship Program.
Source: Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
3 Comments on “DFA Employees Volunteer in Baltimore”
Thank you to the fantastic DFA volunteers who joined us last week! It was a pleasure working with you and learning about how important giving back to the community is to your company. Thank you for volunteering your time to learn about our city and support a local nonprofit taking strides to educate, empower, and provide healthy food to our citizens. You most certainly left Baltimore better than you found it. Please come back anytime!
Thank you to the fantastic DFA volunteers who joined us last week! It was a pleasure working with you and learning about how important giving back to the community is to your company. Thank you for volunteering your time to learn about our city and support a local nonprofit taking strides to educate, empower, and provide healthy food to our citizens. You most certainly left Baltimore better than you found it. Please come back anytime!
Thank you to the fantastic DFA volunteers who joined us last week! It was a pleasure working with you and learning about how important giving back to the community is to your company. Thank you for volunteering your time to learn about our city and support a local nonprofit taking strides to educate, empower, and provide healthy food to our citizens. You most certainly left Baltimore better than you found it. Please come back anytime!