Feeding San Diego awarded grant from the Kraft Heinz Company Foundation to support hunger-relief in San Diego County
FEEDING SAN DIEGO AWARDED GRANT FROM THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT HUNGER-RELIEF IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
SAN DIEGO — February 13, 2020 — Feeding San Diego announces that it received a $20,000 grant from The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation to help end hunger and improve nutrition for children and seniors in San Diego County. Grant funds from The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation will support the Feeding San Diego School Pantry program.
Through the School Pantry program, Feeding San Diego helps alleviate child hunger in San Diego County by providing nutritious, healthy food to low-income students and their families through farmers market style distributions at convenient locations. This year, the School Pantry program is expected to provide more than 1.9 million meals to over 6,000 families with children. At each of the distributions that are held twice a month, families receive an average of 22 pounds of food, 75 percent of which is fresh produce. Distributions are held at 40 schools throughout San Diego County.
“Feeding San Diego is thankful to The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation for its commitment to ending hunger. One in eight people in San Diego County face hunger, including one in six children, while 40 percent of all food produced goes to waste. With this grant, we are able to increase access to nutritious meals for people in our community who need it most,” said Vince Hall, CEO of Feeding San Diego.
The grant is part of a broader commitment from The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation to eliminate global hunger in partnership with Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks, of which Feeding San Diego is a member.
ABOUT FEEDING SAN DIEGO
Feeding San Diego is a non-profit organization on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. Established in 2007, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization in San Diego County and the only Feeding America affiliate in the region. Feeding San Diego provides more than 26 million meals every year to children, families, seniors, college students, military families and veterans and people facing homelessness in partnership with a network of 300 local charities, schools, faith communities, meal sites and food pantries. Through an efficient model focused on reducing our impact on the environment, every dollar donated helps provide four nutritious meals to people in need. To learn more about Feeding San Diego and its hunger-relief initiatives, visit feedingsandiego.org.
ABOUT FEEDING AMERICA
Feeding America is the nationwide network of 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States. Together, we provide food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs in communities across America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Together we can solve hunger. For more information, visit feedingamerica.org.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC) is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world. A globally trusted producer of delicious foods, The Kraft Heinz Company provides high quality, great taste and nutrition for all eating occasions whether at home, in restaurants or on the go. The company’s iconic brands include Kraft, Heinz, ABC, Capri Sun, Classico, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Lunchables, Maxwell House, Ore-Ida, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Planters, Plasmon, Quero, Weight Watchers, Smart Ones and Velveeta. The Kraft Heinz Company is dedicated to the sustainable health of our people, our planet and our company. For more information, visit kraftheinzcompany.com.
