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Tillamook County Creamery Association Dedicates $4 Million to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Oregon-Based Dairy Cooperative Focuses on Hometowns First to Maximize Impact

Tillamook County Creamery Association

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May 06, 2020, 13:00 ET

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TILLAMOOK, Ore., May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) announced that its farmer-owners have committed $4 million to a comprehensive COVID-19 relief plan to help its employees, the communities where the company operates, and industry partners respond to and recover from burdens created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrick Criteser, President & CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association, describes the dairy co-op’s $4 million COVID-19 relief effort.
Patrick Criteser, President & CEO, Tillamook County Creamery Association, describes the dairy co-op’s $4 million COVID-19 relief effort.

"Extraordinary challenges require extraordinary responses, and it's a time for businesses – including ours – to step up in a big way," said Patrick Criteser, TCCA's president & CEO. "We are inspired by the critical role we play in keeping food on America's tables, and are fortunate that our company is strong right now so we can help others."

TCCA will focus most of its relief efforts in the rural Oregon communities where the company operates production facilities and where many TCCA employees work and live – in Tillamook and Morrow Counties.

"From our founding more than 100 years ago, we've always been a company that cares for our communities," said Shannon Lourenzo, TCCA farmer-owner and chairman of the board. "People across the country are hunkering down at home and looking out for family, friends and neighbors. We are rising up to support the people and the places that have supported us for decades."

Key elements of TCCA's relief efforts include:

  • Expanding sick leave, offering premium pay for front-line manufacturing workers and maintaining full wages and benefits for all employees, even those who were working at the company's temporarily closed Tillamook Creamery visitor experience. The company is also creating a special resilience fund for team members experiencing substantial financial distress.
  • Doubling paid volunteer hours for employees and establishing a new employee donation matching program, so employees can directly participate in relief efforts.
  • Increasing the scale of direct-to-community product donations and expanding community enrichment funding to support nonprofits severely impacted by the pandemic, particularly those that serve the company's three primary focus areas for giving: Food Security, Healthful Children and Agricultural Advocacy. At the outset, this includes immediate donations to several organizations that serve the needs of its hometown communities including:
    • $200,000 to the Oregon Food Bank, a longstanding partner, to address food insecurity statewide, including significant donations to the food banks in Tillamook and Morrow Counties.
    • $100,000 to the Oregon Community Foundation to support its relief efforts in communities across the state.
    • $20,000 to Tillamook County Action Resource Enterprises, Inc. (CARE) to help with rental, energy and other emergency services for low- to middle-income families in Tillamook County who have been laid off or lost wages as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
    • $15,000 to the Tillamook County Wellness program to help fund a new Youth Outdoor Recreation Coordinator.
    • $10,000 to Tillamook Early Learning Center to help keep one of the few childcare facilities in Tillamook afloat and offer scholarships to families returning to care once they reopen.
    • $5,000 to the Oregon State University Foundation to fund scholarships for students studying agriculture.
  • Earmarking another $500,000 to create or invest in programs that aid business revitalization efforts in Tillamook and Morrow Counties and support the communities' small businesses as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19.

"Local non-profits and small businesses are part of the fabric of rural communities, and we know they are hurting," said Criteser. "We see an opportunity in our hometowns to help meet the unprecedented needs created by the pandemic. By investing in programs that support our hometowns, ideally we can help return our communities to their thriving and robust potential and perhaps even create a model of business helping businesses that could be replicated elsewhere."

While the bulk of its relief efforts will be focused on hometown support, TCCA is also planning to support its retail, restaurant and foodservice partners nationwide. Those efforts will include financial and product donations to support COVID-19 response efforts in the weeks and months ahead.

"We've built a lot of flexibility and accountability into our overall response plan," said Criteser. "We will learn along the way and adapt as needed to ensure we're making as strong of an impact as we possibly can."

More details about TCCA's comprehensive COVID-19 response plan can be found at Tillamook.com/COVID.

About Tillamook County Creamery Association 
Founded in 1909 as a farmer-owned cooperative, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) prides itself on its commitment to bringing to market the most consistent, best tasting, highest quality dairy products made in the most natural way possible. Guided by the belief that everyone deserves real food that makes them feel good every day, Tillamook has earned top awards for their cheese, ice cream, sour cream, butter, cream cheese and yogurt products made with unwavering values that never sacrifice or compromise quality for profit. The TCCA is currently made up of almost 80 farming families, primarily based in Tillamook County, Oregon. Tillamook operates production facilities in Tillamook and Boardman, Oregon and employs nearly 900 people throughout the state. The Tillamook Creamery is the largest tourist attraction on the coast of Oregon and one of the most popular in the state, attracting more than one million visitors each year. For more information on Tillamook, visit Tillamook.com.

SOURCE Tillamook County Creamery Association

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