The program is for children on the free or reduced lunch program during the school year. The Hope Center, along with the United Way, The Salvation Army, local churches and other organizations host the program, which provides transportation, lunch, a learning curriculum, games and other activities.
“Our company is honored to team up with the Hope Center for Kids to help support its summer lunch program,” said Steve Weers, plant manager, Fremont Plant. “Our employees and the company are excited to continue to help do our part to make a difference in the area.”
For the sixth consecutive year, Βι¶ΉΣ³» is giving funds to U.S. manufacturing facilities to share with nonprofits in their respective communities to fight hunger. In 2015, Βι¶ΉΣ³» donated $400,000 to local hunger relief organizations in 40 U.S. communities where it has manufacturing facilities, bringing the program’s total contribution to local hunger relief efforts to more than $1 million thus far. In 2016, the company is providing plant locations with funds to continue the program.
“We’re committed to fighting hunger in the communities where our employees live and work,” said Wendy A. Watkins, vice president of corporate communications at Βι¶ΉΣ³». “Last year was a record year in terms of community hunger donations, and we are confident that 2016 will be equally as impactful.”
Βι¶ΉΣ³» is helping those in need both in the United States and internationally through its On Our Way to Ending Hunger program. The company collaborates with retailers, nonprofits and the government on hunger relief efforts; nourishes the hungry in the U.S. and abroad; and motivates individuals and corporate partners to take action to fight hunger.