hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center free school tours

Denise Skidmore / Director, Education & Public Relations for their continued contribution to enriching our community!

Hilmar Cheese Company’s Visitor Center excited to once again offer free school tours to public and private school students. Pre-Covid, the Visitor Center would host about 17,000 students on school tours.

School tours are intra-curricular and meeting state teaching standards. During the pre-K through 3rd ice cream making tour each student makes his/her own ice cream with a lesson that integrates science, math and reading while developing listening and direction following skills. The 4th grade and older cheese making tours follow the scientific method to make cheese; measuring volume, weight, time and temperature. The lesson integrates reading, writing, critical thinking, teamwork and decision making to achieve results.

All tours include watching the Cheese Theatre MOOvie and the visitor center is the only place in the world to see “the Big Cheese,” employees packaging a 640-pound crate of cheese. Interactive exhibits use multiple senses, activities and skills to learn about the technology on today’s dairy farms, how farmers care for cows, careers in agriculture, recycling and the health benefits of dairy.

Teachers can learn more about the free educational program or schedule a tour at www.hilmarcheese.com – visitor center, tours.

Tours are offered at 9:30 am, 11:00 am and afternoon times as needed by after school programs. Tour rotations allow for group sizes of 10 to 150 students. For additional information email tours@hilmarcheese. com.

January 26th, 2023

January 26th, 2023 :30pm - 8:30pm :30pm - 8:30pm

Modesto Centre Plaza

1000 L St, Modesto, CA 95354

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Upon their arrival, students will go through a safety tailgate talk before entering the exhibition halls. *Please note student lunches are not included.

Silver Sponsor:

Trades Day introduces high school youth to industry career opportunities in construction, design, sub-contracting, heavy equipment, engineering, and other skilled trades.

We hope you will join us to inspire local students to pursue careers in construction. Your students will be able to explore all the industry has to offer through engaging hands-on exhibits put on by local industry; some examples of exhibits include how to swing a hammer, try their hand at mixing cement, scale a wall for roofing, or throw on some PPE and get them welding. Anything to get their hands and minds moving!

Amy Collier Carroll, Golden Valley Health Centers / Vice-President & Chief Communications Officer

A little-known fact about Golden Valley Health Centers (GVHC) is that we are part of the largest network of primary care providers in the nation, serving 30 million people per year. This national network of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) is more vital now than ever, particularly as the nation grapples with overlapping health, economic, and climate crises that are disproportionately impacting the underserved communities we care for and support.

As the need for our services continues to grow, health centers like GVHC are facing one of the most challenging and uncertain times in the past 50-years. In a matter of months, we are approaching the expiration of our federal funding while simultaneously navigating unprecedented workforce and infrastructure challenges. We need our leaders in Congress to act swiftly in making critical investments in the Health Center Program. These critical investments will support community health centers like GVHC in sustaining essential operations, infrastructure, workforce, and innovation efforts.

Historically, Health Centers have seen strong bipartisan support from policymakers at the federal level. We have a proven track record and have been dependable, consistent stewards of taxpayer dollars for generations. We deliver quality health care services to 30 million patients each year with more than 90% of those patients living at or below 200% of the federal poverty line and nearly 70% uninsured or receiving Medi-Care.

Community Health Centers are good for the economy, saving taxpayers billions every year. Every dollar invested in health centers has returned value to American taxpayers. The program generates annual system-wide savings of $24 billion annually because fewer health center patients require emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Nationally, health centers employ 250,000 people annually and save the health care system $24 billion each year. Here in the Central Valley, GVHC employs more than 1,000 individuals and serves as the health care home to 140,000 patients.

What makes our work impactful and unique is that our governance model, commitment, and approach to caring for the community is grounded in being responsive to the shifting demographics and cultural identities represented in our community. We don’t just serve this community; our providers, staff, and even our board members live in and are a part of the community. That same consumer majority board of directors helps to inform the true needs and challenges that exist within the community for our patients. Under their leadership, and with ongoing community engagement and input, we innovate constantly to provide programs and tailored services to our patients.