Last week, Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream was lauded as Small Business of the Year by King County Executive Dow Constantine. Now, owner Molly Moon Neitzel has propelled herself into orbital awesomeness by teaming up with Wallingford’s FamilyWorks and introducing the Anna Banana Milk Fund. With $10 donations a month, the Anna Banana Milk Fund will provide individuals and families with enough organic whole milk for an entire month. The deliveries will be made every week to FamilyWorks by Smith Brothers Farms, Molly Moon’s milk supplier.
The Anna Banana Milk Fund is dedicated to Neitzel’s little sister, Anna, who died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in 2009. The sisters were roomies here in Wallingford, and Anna helped Neitzel open the Wallingford shop. Neitzel writes in her Molly Moon’s blog, “Like many siblings’, Anna and my relationship was a complex blend of best friends and nurturing. But we also shared something a bit strange: a LOVE of milk! It is with great pride that I’ve set up a fund to honor her.”
You can read more about the Anna Banana Milk Fund on Molly Moon’s blog here. If you’d like to donate to the Anna Banana Milk Fund, you can do so here: http://www.familyworksseattle.org/get-involved/donate-to-the-milk-fund or head over to Molly Moon’s to try “Anna Banana’s Milky Way Sundae.”
Could they feed more hungry people by giving out non-organic milk? Are those going hungry happy that they weren’t insulted with non-organic milk?
The posting states “Organic whole milk”. Is that correct? I didn’t see “organic” or “whole” mentioned in the letter from Molly.
It was mentioned in the press release they forwarded.
Molly has arranged a screaming deal with Smith Brothers on the milk, which happens in this case to be organic, and the same milk she uses in her ice cream. Deliveries to the food bank (!) will be coordinated with deliveries to Molly Moon’s shop. We are working with Smith Brothers to mix in some fat free, 1 and 2% and we are simply THRILLED that our customers can benefit from healthy, wholesome milk that is organic. Thanks for posting the news of the fund, Wallyhood!
I’m so happy the milk is organic! Low income families want the same any any family: good quality food to feed themselves and their children. There are so many barriers to obtaining quality food when you don’t have much disposable income, including ridiculous goverment policies that encourage you to use your food stamps on processed foods instead of wholesome foods.
You can read here a recent study done by a South Seattle group, Got Green?, about low income women and access to healthy food: http://gotgreenseattle.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/women-secret-shoppers-and-putting-healthy-food-within-reach/
Kudos to Molly Moon, Smith Brothers, organic dairy farmers and FamilyWorks for providing organic milk at the food bank!