the Commonwealth Facing Food Insecurity
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, two-time Super Bowl Champion and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch and PA Dairy Princess Royalty
WHAT:
American Dairy Association North East, Feeding Pennsylvania and the PA Dairymen’s Association will celebrate the kickoff of the Fill a Glass with Hope charitable milk program’s 2026 program year on Friday, January 9 at 11 a.m. at the PA Dairymen’s Milkshake Booth in the Main Food Court at the PA Farm Show Complex and Expo Center.
Fill a Glass with Hope partners and sponsors will announce the total sponsorship amount raised and encourage all Pennsylvanians to support the program at the PA Farm Show or online. Piloted in 2015 by the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank along with the PA Dairymen’s Association and American Dairy Association North East, Fill a Glass with Hopeexpanded in 2016 to become the country’s first statewide charitable milk distribution program. From 2015 through 2025, Fill A Glass with Hope has provided more than 41 million servings of fresh milk to Pennsylvanians experiencing food insecurity through Feeding Pennsylvania’s nine partner food banks.
WHEN:
Friday, January 9 at 11 a.m.
WHERE:
PA Dairymen’s Association Main Food Court Milkshake Booth, PA Farm Show Complex and Expo Center,
2300 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
WHO:
Charlie Batch, Former Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion
PA Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding
Dave Smith, Executive Director, PA Dairymen’s Association
John Chrisman, CEO, American Dairy Association North East
Julie Bancroft, CEO, Feeding PA
Jim Biddle, Dairy Farmer, Mill Hill Farms, Blair County
PA Dairy Princess Royalty
PA State Future Farmers of America Team
Emcee Nancy Ryan
Supreme Champion Sponsor Speakers:
Columbia Gas and the NiSource Foundation
Coterra Energy
First Energy Foundation
Weis Markets
Additional Fill A Glass with Hope 2026 Sponsors:
ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC and Fairlife
Fulton Bank
GIANT Company
Horizon Farm Credit
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Modjeski and Masters, Inc.
PA Dairy Princess and Promotion Services, Inc.
PA Dairymen’s Association
PA Farm Bureau
PSECU
Swiss Premium Dairy
Turner Dairy Farms
HUNGER IN PENNSYLVANIA:
One in six children in Pennsylvania face hunger.
One in eight adults in Pennsylvania face hunger.
Over 1.7 million people in Pennsylvania identify as food insecure.
Milk is one of the most requested items at food banks and pantries due to its high nutritional value, but it is rarely donated.