Got Milk? D-Backs & Shamrock Farms Make Sure Needy Folks Have Plenty
June 18, 2018 | 1 min to read
PHOENIX – Food banks across Arizona struggle to keep milk on the shelves, with 95 percent of food banks surveyed by the Arizona Milk Producers saying they can’t meet demand.
To help, the Arizona Diamondbacks, in partnership with Shamrock Farms, held the second-annual Grand Slam Give Back milking contest Tuesday at Chase Field. The team has pledged to donate up to 96,000 servings of fresh milk to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance during the MLB season.
Three Diamondbacks – Andrew Chafin, Nick Ahmed and Zack Godley – participated in this squeeze play. Chafin coaxed 6 ounces of milk from his cow, Godley got 5 ounces and Ahmed 4.
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