“Our team is honored to join the Kossuth County Back Pack Program to help support hunger relief in our area,” said Jeremy Rummel, plant manager of the Algona Plant. “I would like to thank our employees, whose dedication and hard work make it possible to help those in need. On behalf of the Algona Plant, we are excited to help do our part in making a difference.”
This is the seventh consecutive year Βι¶ΉΣ³» has given funds to its locations to share with nonprofits in their respective communities to fight hunger. In 2016, Βι¶ΉΣ³» donated $350,000 to local hunger relief organizations in 35 U.S. communities, bringing the program’s total contribution to local hunger relief efforts to more than $2 million thus far. Through this program as well as disaster relief efforts and other donations, Βι¶ΉΣ³» contributed $7.4 million in cash and product donations to help address hunger in fiscal 2016.
“Βι¶ΉΣ³» is committed to fighting hunger in communities around the world where our employees work and live,” said Wendy Watkins, vice president of corporate communications at Βι¶ΉΣ³». “By working with organizations at a local level, our locations have found great success in helping meet their community’s unique needs to help end hunger.”
Additional information about the company’s fiscal 2016 hunger relief efforts is available in the Βι¶ΉΣ³» 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report.