Feeding Our Future (NAPSA)—There’s good newsfor the more than 27 million children who dependon free or reduced-price meals during the schoolyear. The leading food andfacilities management provider in North America, Sodexho, has developed a summer meal program called Feeding Our Future that provides meals to needy children and supplements existing federal programs. The company donates the food and labor, and partners with clients in various cities to provide kitchen space for food preparation. Local hunger-relief organizations pick up the meals and distribute them to multiple serving locations. “Feeding Our Future makes a difference in the fight against hunger,” said Michel Landel, president and CEO of Sodexho. “Because Sodexho serves breakfast and lunch to two million students every day during the school year, wesee first hand the importance of good nutrition and its positive impact on a student’s ability to learn.” Feeding Our Future is supported by the Sodexho Foundation, an independent charitable organization with the goal of sponsoring and supporting hunger-related initiatives that get at eliminating the root causes of hunger in the United States. Primary funding for the Foundation comes from the company, with additional donations from employees through a dollarfor-dollar matching program, as Children who depend on school meals enjoy a nutritious meal even when school is out, thanks to government programs and Sodexho. well as from clients, customers and vendor-sponsored retail promotions. The company pays all administrative costs of the foundation to ensure that all money raised goes to those in need. Sodexho offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, assets and materials management, and laundry services to corporations, health care and long-term care facilities, retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military and remotesites. You can learn more about fighting hunger online at www.stophunger.org.
