Vol. 26, No. 4
Delaware
May/June 2019
Farm Bureau News Celebrating 75 Years!
Local Farmers Feeding Your Family
DFB Foundation's 5K Milk Run/Walk draws 100 participants
Delaware Farm Bureau 3457 S. Dupont Highway Camden, DE 19934
Sixty-nine runners and 31 walkers participated in Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation’s sixth annual 5K Milk Run/Walk on May 11. The goal was to raise a combined $10,000 for the Ministry of Caring’s “Milk for Children Fund” and the Delaware Food Bank for its “Delaware Backpack Program” which provides food for at-risk children on days when federal school meal programs are not available. The Milk Run was held in a new location this year, with participants setting out from the parking lot of Buffalo Wild Wings across from the Blue Hen Corporate Center in Dover. They traversed the flat, scenic rural landscape of the St. Jones Isaac Branch Trail. The trail is paved, which made it perfect for parents with strollers. Silas Klair, age 4, won the Kiddie K race for youth 10 and under by a shoe in a neck-in-neck finish with Brandt Bobola coming in second. Andrew Jakubowitch of Dover was the first male to cross the finish line, clocking in at 17 minutes
The starting and finishing lines in the Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation’s sixth annual 5K Milk Run/Walk were in the parking lot of Buffalo Wild Wings in Dover. One hundred runners and walkers participated. and 33 seconds. Second was Lo- with a time of 20:34. quality 2019 Milk Run 5K Run/ gan Dunn of Camden at 18:24. The This was a TriSports “sanctioned Walk Performance Tech Shirt and first female was Erin Jakubowitch race.” All participants received a CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Celebrating 75 years! Delaware Farm Bureau has been the unified voice of Delaware agriculture since its formation 75 years ago, and we are celebrating that accomplishment. The 75th Anniversary task force and state Farm Bureau staff have been planning a night of celebration like no other annual banquet. Be sure to “save the date” for Saturday, Dec. 7. The festivities begin at 5 p.m. with a welcoming reception at the Del-One Center on the Del Tech Terry Campus in Dover. After the opening ceremonies, dinner follows at 6 p.m., catered by the award-winning firm, An Affair to Remember. Around 7 p.m., we are going to have a brief program to honor our three counties’ Farm Families of the Year and Distinguished Ag Service award winners, with the
announcement of state winners. We hope to have American Farm Bureau Federation President, Zippy Duvall, share some remarks. The remainder of the evening can be spent listening and dancing to the sounds of the Clifford Keith band from about 8 to 11 p.m. To make this 75th Anniversary Celebration year a success, we are asking you to make a financial commitment to make this celebration truly remarkable. Some Farm Bureau members have expressed an interest in honoring their parents or grandparents who were longtime active members. You can honor them with a $75 memorial donation which will include their names in our program.
If you are a friend of Farm Bureau and support our efforts to advocate and promote Delaware agriculture, a $75 donation will include your name in the program. If you can contribute more based on your involvement in supporting Delaware’s farmers and ranchers, we ask you to give $275, $575 or $1075. Recognition benefits for the various levels of giving can be found in a donation brochure to be distributed soon. There will be a limited number of tickets available, so reserve your tickets today by calling the Farm Bureau office at (302) 697-3183.
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