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By Bill Lilley
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 12:04 p.m. EDT, Apr 08, 2009
Trucks loaded with surplus food routinely arrive at the docks of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank's warehouse near downtown Akron.
Dan Flowers, the food bank's president and CEO, welcomes every one of them.
And this morning's delivery of nearly 120,000 eggs from Pennsylvania-based Hillandale Farms was a welcome donation as well. But this particular donation struck an ''egg-ceptional'' chord with Flowers.
''This wasn't surplus,'' he said. ''This was something Hillandale Farms just wanted to do because they believe in helping people in need and they believe in what food banks are doing.''
Hillandale Farms, which started in Flushing, Ohio, in 1958 but now is based in North Versailles, Pa., delivered more than 11 skids of eggs.
Each skid contains 30 cases of 30 dozen eggs. That comes out to 9,900 dozen. And that equals 118,800 eggs.
Sauder Farms of Winesburg, Ohio, also contributed 1,800 dozen eggs, which were delivered Tuesday.
That gave the food bank a total of 140,400 eggs — a market value of about $15,000 — to distribute to hungry people that it serves in Summit, Stark, Wayne, Medina, Portage, Carroll, Holmes and Tuscarawas counties.
Hillandale, which bills itself as one of the largest producers/marketers of eggs east of the Mississippi River, also donated 4,500 dozen eggs to the Columbus-area food bank Tuesday.
Today, Hillandale also donated 9,000 dozen to the Cleveland-area food bank, 5,400 dozen to the Youngstown food bank along with the Akron delivery.
All told, that comes to 345,600 eggs donated by Hillandale Farms to agencies in Ohio in less than 24 hours. During a peak sales season.
''The three-week period prior to Easter, along with the three-month baking season prior to Christmas, are our peak seasons,'' said Stow native Kevin M. Patton, the Akron-based salesman for Hillandale Farms.
''We have a lot of chickens in the system, and they are producing a lot of eggs,'' Patton said.
He said eggs are an inexpensive source of protein and are great for kids.
''It's certainly more because the need is so great more than because we had a surplus at this time because it is a peak sales season,'' Patton said, ''but it's also a peak season for unemployment and people in need.''
Patton said Ohio has been ''devastated'' with job losses.
''It's at a critical point and whatever we can do to help the people of Ohio who are in need, we needed to do something,'' he said. ''We're proud to be doing this egg donation to help the people of an area who have been so great to Hillandale Farms.''
Chuck Allen, director of operations for the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, said perishable items such as eggs won't stay in the food bank's refrigerated locker very long.
''It will only take about a week to distribute all of the eggs,'' Allen said. ''We'll unload them in the morning, they'll go on the menu later in the morning and will begin to be ordered at 2 p.m. in the afternoon.
''We'll start shipping the eggs out as early as the next day [Thursday] and hungry people will be able to take advantage of this wonderful donation in less than a day.''
There were a total of 1,166,400 eggs donated to the 12 regional food banks in Ohio by Hillandale Farms, Sauder Farms and seven other egg-producing agencies.
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
Trucks loaded with surplus food routinely arrive at the docks of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank's warehouse near downtown Akron.
Dan Flowers, the food bank's president and CEO, welcomes every one of them.
And this morning's delivery of nearly 120,000 eggs from Pennsylvania-based Hillandale Farms was a welcome donation as well. But this particular donation struck an ''egg-ceptional'' chord with Flowers.
''This wasn't surplus,'' he said. ''This was something Hillandale Farms just wanted to do because they believe in helping people in need and they believe in what food banks are doing.''
Hillandale Farms, which started in Flushing, Ohio, in 1958 but now is based in North Versailles, Pa., delivered more than 11 skids of eggs.
Each skid contains 30 cases of 30 dozen eggs. That comes out to 9,900 dozen. And that equals 118,800 eggs.
Sauder Farms of Winesburg, Ohio, also contributed 1,800 dozen eggs, which were delivered Tuesday.
That gave the food bank a total of 140,400 eggs — a market value of about $15,000 — to distribute to hungry people that it serves in Summit, Stark, Wayne, Medina, Portage, Carroll, Holmes and Tuscarawas counties.
Hillandale, which bills itself as one of the largest producers/marketers of eggs east of the Mississippi River, also donated 4,500 dozen eggs to the Columbus-area food bank Tuesday.
Today, Hillandale also donated 9,000 dozen to the Cleveland-area food bank, 5,400 dozen to the Youngstown food bank along with the Akron delivery.
All told, that comes to 345,600 eggs donated by Hillandale Farms to agencies in Ohio in less than 24 hours. During a peak sales season.
''The three-week period prior to Easter, along with the three-month baking season prior to Christmas, are our peak seasons,'' said Stow native Kevin M. Patton, the Akron-based salesman for Hillandale Farms.
''We have a lot of chickens in the system, and they are producing a lot of eggs,'' Patton said.
He said eggs are an inexpensive source of protein and are great for kids.
''It's certainly more because the need is so great more than because we had a surplus at this time because it is a peak sales season,'' Patton said, ''but it's also a peak season for unemployment and people in need.''
Patton said Ohio has been ''devastated'' with job losses.
''It's at a critical point and whatever we can do to help the people of Ohio who are in need, we needed to do something,'' he said. ''We're proud to be doing this egg donation to help the people of an area who have been so great to Hillandale Farms.''
Chuck Allen, director of operations for the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, said perishable items such as eggs won't stay in the food bank's refrigerated locker very long.
''It will only take about a week to distribute all of the eggs,'' Allen said. ''We'll unload them in the morning, they'll go on the menu later in the morning and will begin to be ordered at 2 p.m. in the afternoon.
''We'll start shipping the eggs out as early as the next day [Thursday] and hungry people will be able to take advantage of this wonderful donation in less than a day.''
There were a total of 1,166,400 eggs donated to the 12 regional food banks in Ohio by Hillandale Farms, Sauder Farms and seven other egg-producing agencies.
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Rittman, ohio
Posted 12:19 PM, 04/08/2009
Way to go ! Keep those foodbanks going .
Akron, Oh
Posted 12:38 PM, 04/08/2009
Incredible!!! What this company is doing for Akron and surrounding areas needs to be noticed so Thank You!!! So sad however that more people aren't commenting on artiles suh as this one, probably because you can't make it about race or blame anyone for anything. Shows what kind of people really are in this area...... SAD!!!
Thank You again to Hillandale Farms!!
cool treehouse, oh
Posted 12:39 PM, 04/08/2009
I'll bet that's teh tenderest chickin evar!
akron, oh
Posted 01:34 PM, 04/08/2009
Thank you for this company doing this - this is great. Thank you so much.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:44 PM, 04/08/2009
Wish I had access to some extra food, but alas- I am one of America's hard working joes, making just enough to be off the list of freebees. I get no food stamps, no free clothes , no free rent, no discounted gas heat. All this does is tick me off . I make about $5.00 too much so Im on my own. When will the citizen, who works hard and pays their OWN bills, get a pat on the back and a hand out??????????????????????
Akron, OH
Posted 01:44 PM, 04/08/2009
Hey Fartz: Everything taste better when its free!
Posted 01:46 PM, 04/08/2009
I agree with everyone above. Thank you for doing this! Thank you food banks, all of you, without you I would not have food. I'm the one who used to give to food banks, now I'm on the receiving end and I am so grateful. "Thank you" just doesn't seem enough.
AKRON, OH
Posted 02:01 PM, 04/08/2009
Thank you to all who donated.
Canal Fulton, OH
Posted 02:10 PM, 04/08/2009
Hillandale and Sauder Farms deserve our support when we go to the grocery store. Great charitable assistance from 2 good companies that probably didn't get (or need) bailout $$$!
Akron, OH
Posted 03:25 PM, 04/08/2009
I cannot say how happy I am to see such a generous gift to the less fortunate, from a corporate entity at that! All I can say is thank you to these 2 companies for investing in the communities that invest in their product.
akron, oh
Posted 03:25 PM, 04/08/2009
Stop whining JUSTJERSEY!!!Be happy that you can pay your own way!! I will be buying Hillendale products from now on, Way to go!!!
akron, oh
Posted 03:26 PM, 04/08/2009
Excuse me I meant JustJessy
Akron, , OH
Posted 05:51 PM, 04/08/2009
I love a good story!!!!
akron, oh
Posted 07:59 PM, 04/08/2009
What an awesome easter egg hunt that would make. A lot of kids (and parents) will be happy this holiday thanks to the egg companies. Great story!
Posted 08:24 PM, 04/08/2009
GOOD honest Hillandale Farms !!!!
PEOPLE in Kent rermember that name
Orrville, Oh
Posted 09:52 PM, 04/08/2009
Reality demands compliant with realities demands union workers, consumers, taxpayers, and America's grandchildren pay for farmers property tax abatement, pay farmers wages, and pay for donors tax refund for their donation of eggs.
To feed unemployed workers, volunteers without wages, and nonunion parasites willing to work for fewer wages than they can afford life.
With money derived from wages or independent business profit!
Kandi, SL
Posted 09:55 PM, 04/08/2009
If I ate eggs, I'd eat Hillandale Farms eggs. But, I'm a vegan. Does anyone have any free tofu to hand out?
Posted 09:26 AM, 04/09/2009
Thank you Hillandale Farms/Ohio Fresh Eggs & Sauder Eggs and Akron-Canton Food Bank and the people that give out the food. God bless you all for helping the poor and the working poor. Happy Easter & Happy Passover and may everyone have food on your table.
Posted 11:43 AM, 04/09/2009
What a fantasic thing to do. Make sure you purchase from those companies!!!!
Posted 04:32 PM, 04/09/2009
I will be sure to purchase from these companies. How nice to read some good news for a change
