Wisconsin Ag Connection - Ocean Spray Community Fund Gives Grants to 100+ Nonprofits

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Ocean Spray Community Fund Gives Grants to 100+ Nonprofits
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 11/20/2018

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. has granted funds to 107 nonprofits in support of projects that positively impact the communities the cooperative calls home. This year's Ocean Spray Community Fund recipient organizations hail from communities where farmer-owners and colleagues work and live, including Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada, and represent causes, including sustainable agriculture, STEM education, and hunger relief.

"The Ocean Spray Community Fund is directly tied to our purpose: connecting our farms to families for a better life," said Kellyanne Dignan, director of global corporate affairs for Ocean Spray. "Each of these grants is an investment in organizations and people in our communities who join us in living this purpose and improving the places that we call home."

Ocean Spray established its Community Fund in 2016 to directly support nonprofit organizations in communities where it operates. Since then, the Cooperative has distributed grants up to $5,000 each year, helping more than 200 nonprofits to date. Completed 2017 projects include building a community park and playground in Wisconsin, providing produce for a kitchen that serves New Jersey's homeless, repairing old homes for those in need in Philadelphia, and purchasing a computer for job searches at a men's home in Massachusetts.

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