Community Involvement

While many people from the community have come and gone over the past 30 plus years, the committee remains dedicated to the future of this exchange program. Hundreds of families have been involved in the exchange program, eithe rby hosting a family in their home in the Litchfield area or by being a delegate to hte Hartford, Alabama area.

Committee members give a lot of their time and talents to the program. Without the support of past and present members, and of the community, the program would not continue to exist. Fundraisers in the summer keep the committee members busy. Flipping cheeseburgers for the annual American Dairy Association Cheeseburger Days; serving brats at Center Bank; Pie in the Park and malts in the American Dairy Association Malt Booth at the Meeker County Fair are all events that benefit the Peanut Butter and Milk Committee.

"Put the Squeeze on a Cow and Shell a Peanut Today", was the first button slogan. It was 1980, and Jim Turck had the winning design. This started the button promotion. Buttons sold prior to the February celebration area an important part of the festivities. In apprximately November, the community is asked to contribute a design for a button. We have some very talented artists in the community who always come up with a new design for buttons. Buttons are sold for $1.00 a piece. They are numbered, and at the banquet, numbers are drawn and prizes given to the button owners. Local businesses are generous in donating prizes.