Studio 814’s Rebecca Petner sits down with the PA State Dairy Princess Royalty Team for 2023-2024. Alexis Butler is the current Pennsylvania State Dairy Princess, and is just 17 years old! She enjoys showing Brown Swiss dairy cattle, Holstein dairy beef, market goats, and market lambs at her county fair.

Mackenize Thomas is the Lebanon County Dairy Princess and one of the alternates. Mackenzie works at Furnace Hill Holsteins where her favorite cow, Sensation, lives. Mackenzie loves her job and the people she gets to see every day. She enjoys milking, feeding calves, and occasionally giving medical attention when needed.

Emily Wright is the Crawford County Dairy Princess and one of the alernates. Emily helps on her third-generation beef and dairy farm Wright Way Farm alongside her father whom she is very proud of. In her free time, she reads, shows cows, camps, and hunts.

Meet the Dairy Princesses at the Moovin’ For Milk 5K Run/Walk in State College on April 27, 2024.

All proceeds from the event will benefit Fill a Glass with Hope, which is a partnership between Feeding Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, the American Dairy Association Northeast and member food banks that raise funds to make milk from local dairies accessible for families in need.

Erica Mowrer, from the Central PA Food Bank, explains more about Fill A Glass with Hope.

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