SUPERVALU Foundation Supports Hunger Relief with $1 Million in Donations
February 09 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE: SVU) today announced that the SUPERVALU
Foundation will donate $1 million to 34 nonprofits that provide
hunger and food-related relief to those in need in local
communities across the country.
The $1 million in donations will benefit local communities in 17
states and the District of Columbia. Recipient organizations
include local food bank affiliates of Feeding America, local
members of Meals on Wheels America, local urban garden programs and
meal programs at local emergency shelters, among others.
“Too many people in the United States today experience food
insecurity,” said SUPERVALU President and CEO Mark Gross. “Today’s
donations provide needed funding to help feed our communities,
which is part of our company's mission, and is an important
contribution to the efforts to address hunger relief.”
The SUPERVALU Foundation was established in 1993 to effect
positive change in communities where SUPERVALU operates and serves.
Hunger relief and nutrition programming are key focuses of the
Foundation. In addition to today’s $1 million in cash donations
from the Foundation, SUPERVALU has continued its giving to local
and regional nonprofits, including Feeding America affiliates in
the form of food to create meals for families across the
country.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly 13
percent of American households were estimated to be food insecure
in 2015, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an active,
healthy life for all household members. An estimated one in six
American children are food insecure, and seniors represent the
fastest growing food-insecure population.
Donation recipientsFollowing is a list of the
organizations, their grant amounts and their focus by state:
- Minnesota: $260,000, representing
CUB employees and employees who work in SUPERVALU’s wholesale
distribution business and corporate offices
- The Aliveness Project ($50,000):
Provides meals to Twin Cities’ residents suffering from
HIV/AIDS.
- The Bridge for Youth ($50,000):
Supports meals for local youth temporarily housed at the Bridge for
Youth emergency shelter.
- Urban Roots ($50,000): Provides urban
farming and nutritional cooking classes for youth on St. Paul’s
East Side.
- Youth Farm ($50,000): Provides urban
farming for youth in Twin Cities’ neighborhoods.
- Matter ($40,000): Distributes meals to
families in Twin Cities’ communities experiencing food
insecurity.
- Cornerstone ($20,000): Supports meals
for individuals and families temporarily housed at the Cornerstone
Emergency Shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Twin
Cities.
- Virginia: $130,000, representing
Farm Fresh and SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- Virginia Peninsula Foodbank ($70,000):
Supports the food bank’s Mobile Food Pantry and Kids’ Café in the
Hampton Roads area.
- Feed More Community Kitchen ($40,000):
Provides meals for Meals on Wheels, summer children’s feeding
programs, adult day care centers and Kids’ Café in the Richmond
area.
- Health Brigade ($20,000): Helps
individuals with chronic diseases gain access to nutritious foods
through the organization’s “food pharmacy” for low-income patients
in the Richmond area.
- Missouri: $110,000, representing
Shop ‘n Save and SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- St. Louis Crisis Nursery ($70,000):
Provides emergency services, meals and short-term care for families
in need.
- Nurses for Newborns ($40,000): Provides
at-risk families with services and resources to prevent infant
mortality.
- North Dakota: $80,000, representing
Hornbacher’s and SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- Great Plains Food Bank ($50,000):
Supports the food bank’s backpack program for children facing
summer food insecurity in Fargo and Grand Forks.
- Emergency Food Pantry ($15,000):
Provides food and grocery products to people in need in Cass and
Clay counties.
- Bismarck Emergency Food Pantry
($15,000): Division of the Great Plains Food Bank of North Dakota,
providing food to those in need in the Bismarck area.
- Pennsylvania: $80,000, representing
SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- Grow Pittsburgh ($40,000): Supports the
organization’s community gardens that help provide fresh fruits and
vegetables to local families.
- Meals on Wheels Lancaster ($40,000):
Provides daily meals to seniors and homebound individuals in the
Lancaster area.
- Washington, D.C.: $70,000,
representing SHOPPERS Food & Pharmacy
- Food & Friends ($70,000): Delivers
free meals to area residents suffering from life-threatening
illnesses.
- Illinois: $55,000, representing
SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business and corporate shared
services group
- Illinois Valley Food Pantry ($20,000):
Local affiliate of Feeding America food bank.
- Salt & Light ($20,000): Local
Champaign food co-op where people without resources can “earn” food
dollars by volunteering on site.
- Leyden Family Service Food Pantry
($15,000): Provides emergency groceries for families in distress in
the Franklin Park area.
- Colorado: $55,000, representing
SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business and national call
center
- Silver Key Meals on Wheels ($20,000):
Provides home-delivered meals to seniors in the Colorado Springs
area.
- Project Angel Heart ($20,000): Delivers
free meals to Denver area residents suffering from life-threatening
illnesses.
- Denver Rescue Mission ($15,000):
Provides meals, shelter and emergency services for Denver’s
homeless men, women and children.
- Wisconsin: $35,000, representing
SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- Paul’s Pantry ($20,000): Food bank
serving those in need in Green Bay and Brown County.
- Women & Children’s Horizons
($15,000): Provides meals and emergency shelter and services for
abused women and their children in the Kenosha area.
- Indiana: $20,000, representing
SUPERVALU’s wholesale distribution business
- Community Harvest Food Bank of
Northeast Indiana ($20,000): Local affiliate of Feeding
America.
- Other communities receiving
donations representing SUPERVALU’s corporate and wholesale
distribution business include:
- Boise, Idaho: $20,000 to the Idaho Food
Bank, the local affiliate of Feeding America.
- Tacoma, Wash.: $20,000 to Food
Lifeline, a food rescue and hunger relief organization for 17
western Washington counties.
- Billings, Mont.: $15,000 to the
Tumbleweed Runaway Program, which provides meals and support
services for area youth living on the streets.
- Anniston, Ala.: $15,000 to the Boys
& Girls Clubs of East Central Alabama, to help fund healthy,
after-school snacks at the organization’s drop-in center.
- Quincy, Fla.: $15,000 to America’s
Second Harvest of the Big Bend, the local Feeding America
affiliate.
- Lithia Springs, Ga.: $15,000 to
Lifeline Mission, which addresses hunger issues in the area.
- Phoenix, Ari.: $15,000 to St. Mary’s
Food Bank Alliance, a local food bank.
- Indianola, Miss.: $15,000 to Delta
Health Alliance, supporting nutrition initiatives and fresh food
access in the area.
About SUPERVALU INC.SUPERVALU INC. is one of the largest
grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S. with annual sales of
approximately $13 billion. SUPERVALU serves customers across the
United States through a network of 2,067 stores, composed of 1,850
stores operated by wholesale customers serviced primarily by the
Company’s food distribution business, 195 traditional retail
grocery stores operated under five retail banners, and 22 stores
operated under the Shop 'N Save name in Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia (store counts as of December 3, 2016).
Headquartered in Minnesota, SUPERVALU has approximately 30,000
employees. For more information about SUPERVALU, visit
www.supervalu.com.
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