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Springfield, MA – More than 3000 gallons of milk will be donated to Springfield residents in need on Friday June 5 as part of the Oasis Food Pantry weekly food donation event. The milk is being donated by Vanguard Renewables and MA State Representative Shawn Dooley with cooperation from H.P. Hood. The event starts at 9 a.m. at Central High School, 1840 Roosevelt Avenue, Springfield. Congressman Richard E. Neal will attend and provide remarks.

“We are so appreciative to Vanguard, State Rep. Dooley and H.P. Hood for this generous donation to the Oasis Food Pantry,” said Congressman Neal, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means. “I have been working with these groups for weeks to make this a reality. The Oasis Food Pantry has been serving thousands of residents each week since the COVID-19 pandemic began and this donation will ensure a lot of families will receive the milk they need. The best part is that it is all from Massachusetts farms. Thank you to the farmers.”

This is the fourth milk donation event sponsored by Vanguard Renewables. Other events were held in Boston on May 7, in Providence, RI on May 27, and in Plainville, MA on June 4.

“In these incredibly troubled times, we are very proud to be able to bring this milk from our Massachusetts farms to the people who need it the most in our community,” said John Hanselman, CEO of Vanguard Renewables.

Vanguard Renewables is the national leader in the development of food and dairy waste-to-energy projects. The Company partners with farms to recycle organic waste into renewable energy and has five Farm Powered anaerobic digester facilities in Massachusetts. Soon Vanguard will be opening an Organics Recycling Facility in Agawam that will depackage and process expired goods, off-spec batches, and unsafe to eat food and beverage products.

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