GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- 1,000 frozen turkeys arrived in
downtown Washington, D.C. at the Project Harvest Annual Food Drive just in
time for Thanksgiving. Sodexho USA, the nation's leading provider of food and
facilities in the US, donated nearly six tons of turkeys to Washington-D.C.
area residents as part of Project Harvest 2003.
Sodexho employees were also at the Project Harvest site to help collect
monetary donations and non-perishable food items for the food drive. "Sodexho
USA has a very strong, on-going commitment to fighting hunger through a wide
range of programs that provide hunger relief to those in need in our
communities," said Joan McGlockton, Vice President Corporate Affairs for
Sodexho USA. "With so many families in the Washington, D.C. area at risk of
hunger, we are doing everything we can to help meet their needs."
"I couldn't believe my ears when we received the call," said Sterling
Robinson, executive director of Project Harvest. "The sheer size and type of
donation that Sodexho has made shows that they take the fight against hunger
seriously. Sodexho's contribution is not only generous in size, but by
providing these turkeys, needy families will now have their Thanksgiving Day
meals complete."
Sodexho, through the Sodexho Foundation, has been the anchor of many anti-
hunger initiatives in the Washington, D.C. community. The Sodexho Foundation
is a strong supporter of the D.C. Central Kitchen and the Capitol Area Food
Bank.
The Foundation also helps fill a critical need in the community by
offering meals to children who receive free and reduced-cost lunches during
the school year and might otherwise go hungry during the summer. Last summer,
through its "Feeding our Future" program, the Sodexho Foundation provided
meals to 12 feeding centers throughout Washington, D.C. providing more than
36,000 free meals to at-risk children. Sodexho continues to make a difference
each day as one of the largest donors of surplus perishable and non-perishable
food to America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest hunger-relief
organization.
About the Sodexho Foundation
The Sodexho Foundation is an independent charitable organization
supporting hunger-related initiatives that focus on eliminating the root
causes of hunger in the U.S. The Foundation receives the majority of its
funding from Sodexho, with additional financial support provided by Sodexho
employees (whose donations are matched dollar for dollar by the company), as
well as clients, customers and vendor-sponsored retail promotions. The
company pays all administrative costs of the foundation to ensure that all
money raised is directed to those in need. For additional information about
the Sodexho Foundation, go to www.helpstophunger.org.
About Sodexho USA
Sodexho USA (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of food and
facilities management in the United States, with $5.5 billion in annual sales
and 110,000 employees. Sodexho USA offers innovative outsourcing solutions in
food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance,
asset management, and laundry services to more than 6,000 corporations, health
care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses,
military and remote sites in North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD,
Sodexho USA is a proud endorser of the Global Sullivan Principles for
Corporate Responsibility.