Vermont Business Magazine Kinney Drugs, a leading pharmacy chain in New York and Vermont, has announced the results of its recent Milk Donation campaign. Customers and employees in all 98 stores across the chain purchased gallons of milk for donation to families in need during the holiday season. As a combined company effort over the two-week campaign, a total of 3,143 gallons of milk were donated. Kinney Drugs partnered with Upstate Farms in New York and Hood Milk in Vermont to donate the proceeds to the CNY Food Bank and the Vermont Food Bank. The milk will be distributed on a weekly basis as needed to help supply families in need through the holidays and beyond.
The milk donation campaign began two years ago from an idea in a single store in Potsdam, New York. Through the efforts of all of the Kinney Drugs store teams and vendor partners, the November campaign was the first to be held across all locations in the chain.
“As an employee-owned company, giving back to our local communities is one of the core values we have at Kinney Drugs,” said Vanessa Graham, category manager and the organizer of the campaign. “To be able to start with just an idea in one location, watching it spread to our full chain, and seeing the outcome through the dedication of our employees and the generosity of our customers has been amazing. This truly was a great campaign that we look forward to continuing in the future.”
About Kinney Drugs
Founded in Gouverneur, NY in 1903, today the independent, employee-owned company operates 98 stores in New York and Vermont. Kinney Drugs is part of the KPH Healthcare Services family of companies, a national provider of pharmaceutical and healthcare services with complementary businesses in both the retail and commercial segments of the industry. KPH is comprised of four divisions: (1) Kinney Drugs, a chain of nearly 100 full-service drug stores located throughout New York and Vermont; (2) Health Direct Institutional Pharmacy Services, which serves long-term care and alternative care needs; (3) ProAct, Inc., a pharmacy benefit management company with sales offices throughout the country and a mail-order pharmacy; and (4) Noble Health Services, a specialty pharmacy that dispenses medications used to treat complex and chronic diseases. KPH Healthcare Services is an employee-owned company with approximately 4,000 employees that provides the highest quality pharmacy and healthcare services. Every aspect of KPH’s business is guided by the values of excellence, moral responsibility, and community spirit.
Source: Gouverneur, N.Y. – Kinney Drugs 12.20.2018