Daytripping Mom is proud to say that California Dairy Families want to share their love for Real California food and dairy with you. We eat a lot of Real California Cheese around our house. On any given night, you might find us eating tacos, lasagna, or homemade macaroni and cheese in the crockpot all loaded with yummy Real California Cheese. We look forward to sitting down as a family for dinner each night.

You may know that California is the country’s leading producer of milk, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk and whey protein concentrate, but did you know that there are Real California Dairy Families who make the California milk and dairy foods that people love so much?

Great American Milk Drive

In fact, to help those who need nutritious California milk, California’s more than 1,400 dairy farm families have pledged $100,000 in matching milk donations to the Great American Milk Drive–equal to 20,000 gallons or 320,000 servings of milk–through the end of the year. People can donate one gallon of milk for just $5 at www.MilkLife.com/Give. $100,000 of total California milk donations made by the end-of-the-year will be matched by California Dairy Families. When you enter your zip code, the donations will help your local California food bank. Join us along with the California Dairy Families in the Great American Milk Drive to help those in need also share in memorable family moments.

Get Your Milk On!

One cup of whole California Milk contains nine essential nutrients, including eight grams of high-quality protein per serving, which is important to kids, moms and dads. My kids will only put Real California Milk onto their cereal. They think any other “milk substitute” just doesn’t taste the same. We can’t imagine not having a bottle of milk in the fridge.

Milk is one of the most-requested nutrition staples at food banks, but out of the more than 377 million meals served by California food banks each year, the facilities are only able to provide the equivalent of less than one gallon of milk per person each year. While people donate canned and dry goods, many don’t think to donate milk because it’s perishable. This problem is large in scale, but awareness is low. Through The Great American Milk Drive and California dairy farmers’ support, we are closer to helping the one-in-four Californian children facing hunger.

Make Sure It’s Real

When purchasing dairy products, look for brands made with 100% Real California Milk that feature the Real California Milk Seal or Real California Cheese Seal.

Want to learn more about the Real California Milk seal and California Dairy? Visit Real California Milk website at www.RealCaliforniaMilk.com

Also: Be sure to join us for a #CAmilkdrive Twitter party on October 22 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) to discuss your family’s memorable meals that include Real California Milk and how joining the California Dairy Families with the Great American Milk Drive will help those in need also share in memorable family moments.