WASHINGTON, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP
Foundation today applauded Denny's and Chase Card Services for
their successful participation in the inaugural Senior Hunger
Awareness Month, launched in February by AARP and AARP
Foundation.
As part of the campaign to generate awareness about the critical
issue of senior hunger, AARP and AARP Foundation featured "29 Days
of Action" recommendations, tools and resources for the public to
educate them about this issue and encourage them to take
action.
"Too many seniors are going hungry," said Lisa Marsh Ryerson, president of AARP
Foundation. "This campaign was critical to bring the issue of
senior hunger to the forefront of people's minds and encourage them
to get more involved. We are deeply grateful for the participation
of Denny's and Chase through its AARP® Credit Card from Chase
program. They have been instrumental in helping us get the word out
about the many ways each and every one of us can make a difference
during Senior Hunger Awareness Month – and throughout the
year."
As part of the "29 Days of Action," Denny's and Chase, both
longstanding partners of AARP, showed their support for the program
by making donations to AARP Foundation. Chase participated through
its AARP Credit Card from Chase program.
Denny's restaurants nationwide garnered more than one million
transactions via an in-store donation drive with AARP members – for
every AARP membership card shown throughout the month of February,
Denny's made a 25 cent donation to
AARP Foundation. Denny's also has a longstanding partnership with
No Kid Hungry and each year holds annual fundraising efforts to
help raise money and awareness for the fight against childhood
hunger.
"As America's Diner, Denny's has strong ties to the people and
communities it serves," said Denny's Chief Executive Officer
John Miller. "We're incredibly
committed to helping end hunger in our communities and are proud to
support efforts – both in our longstanding partnership with No Kid
Hungry and Drive to End Hunger – which help serve kids and seniors
throughout the country. With our $250,000 donation to AARP Foundation, we hope to
help make a difference to senior hunger, one meal at a time."
"Chase and the AARP Credit Card have been part of AARP
Foundation's hunger work for more than five years, and in February
Chase donated $100,000 to AARP
Foundation's Drive to End Hunger," said Richard Quigley, president of Chase partner
cards. "Together we can accomplish so much, which is why Chase is
continuing its commitment to donate up to $1.1 million to AARP Foundation in 2016. Every
time someone uses their AARP Credit Card to dine out, Chase donates
10 cents to help the Foundation fight
senior hunger."
AARP Foundation views hunger as a health issue. Every day many
older adults skip a meal so they can pay the rent, keep their
lights on, or feed their family. Research shows that this food
insecurity contributes to chronic medical conditions such as
diabetes, heart disease, and depression. The relationship between
hunger and health can easily become a vicious cycle, as low-income
seniors have to spend more on their health care, have even fewer
financial resources to spend on food, and may become socially
isolated.
As a critical step, AARP Foundation is bringing together
nonprofit, government and corporate stakeholders in the food and
health sectors to design and implement solutions to combat food
insecurity and hunger.
More information about AARP Foundation and its work to combat
senior hunger can be found at:
http://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/.
About AARP Foundation
AARP Foundation is working to
win back opportunity for struggling Americans 50 and older by being
a force for change on the most serious issues they face today:
housing, hunger, income and isolation. By coordinating responses to
these issues on all four fronts at once, and supporting them with
vigorous legal advocacy, the Foundation serves the unique needs of
those 50+ while working with local organizations nationwide to
reach more people, strengthen communities, work more efficiently
and make resources go further. AARP Foundation is AARP's affiliated
charity. Learn more at www.aarpfoundation.org.
About Chase
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial
banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading
global financial services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase
serves nearly half of America's households with a broad range of
financial services, including personal banking, credit cards,
mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans
and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they
want to bank: 5,400 branches, 17,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by
phone. For more information, go to Chase.com.
About Denny's Corp.
Denny's is one of America's
largest full-service family restaurant chains, currently operating
1,700 franchised, licensed and company-owned restaurants across the
United States, Canada,
Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Guam, Curaçao, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Chile, New
Zealand and the United Arab
Emirates. For further information on Denny's, including news
releases, please visit the Denny's website at www.dennys.com or the
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