The Holstein Foundation's Legacy Society honors those who have made a lasting commitment to our mission of developing dairy leaders for tomorrow, by including a charitable gift to the Foundation in their estate plans.

Your planned gift to the Holstein Foundation will have meaning and impact for years to come; an opportunity to ensure your passion for the dairy industry and vision of providing for youth development opportunities carries on. Through their generosity, Legacy Society members demonstrate how one generation can help the next.

Joining the Legacy Society is simple.

• Make a gift, in any amount, to the Holstein Foundation from your will, revocable trust, retirement plan or other estate plan; and
• Provide the Holstein Foundation with a copy of the portion of your estate plan pertaining to the gift.

For more information about becoming a member of the Legacy Society, contact The Holstein Foundation at 800.952.5200, or email.

Frank Conyngham grew up on Hillside Farms, which was established by his great-grandfather in 1881 in Shavertown, Pa. After college, Frank and his brother returned to the farm to carry on the family legacy, and opened Hillside Farms Dairy Store in 1977, bottling milk from the farm and producing a nationally-recognized ice cream. Frank and his father, Bill, managed the herd together for over 25 years, and in 2002, the family dispersed the herd. Today, the farm is operated as a non-profit educational facility, known as The Lands at Hillside Farms, where their mission is to "teach life choices that are healthy, sustainable, conservation-minded and practical."

"I think that I still have a few drops of Holstein blood in my system. For as long as I can remember, the cow barn was my favorite place to be in the world. Although my family dispersed our herd 10 years ago, I am happy to drive by the farm and see a pasture full of Jerseys and the occasional black and white. The future of farming and the dairy industry are vital to our country. Marion and I are happy to support the Holstein Foundation and the programs that are made available to our future leaders. It's been a pleasure."

In 1981, Rodney Stoll was a member of Illinois' first team that competed in a convention Dairy Bowl. That was his one and only Dairy Bowl as a contestant. Ten years later in 1991, he served as a one-year coach of the New England Senior Dairy Bowl team. And the following year when he received an invitation to serve as a Dairy Bowl moderator at the National Holstein Convention in Salt Lake City, Rod thought it seemed like a pretty fascinating opportunity that would complete the spectrum of his Dairy Bowl participation - from contestant to coach to moderator. But unlike his "one and done" tenures as both Dairy Bowl contestant and coach, Rod's participation as a Dairy Bowl moderator has now spanned 25 consecutive National Holstein Conventions throughout his professional careers with Monsanto's Dairy Business, the agriculture college at the University of Illinois, and currently Farm Credit Illinois.

"Working with the Dairy Bowl competition at each convention has become both an annual tradition and an addiction. It is my genuine privilege to help facilitate the Dairy Bowl experience each year for Holstein youth. Attending a National Holstein Convention and competing in the Dairy Bowl can be a pretty big deal for junior members. For me, travelling to the 1981 convention was the first time I'd ever flown on a commercial airline and that participation secured my future pursuit of an agricultural career and helped me establish a national network of lasting relationships with great dairy people. Although I realize my role as a Dairy Bowl moderator won't last forever, I am delighted to have a deferred gift established which creates The Rod Stoll Dairy Bowl & Youth Leadership Endowment and will provide a stream of everlasting annual financial support for Holstein youth. I'm proud to put my money where my heart is by leaving a lasting financial tribute to an organization and program that has provided so much value to me throughout my life."