Donations in 2013 total more than $1 million
cash and the equivalent of 1.6 million meals*
Unilever announced today that in 2013 the company donated more
than $1 million cash and the equivalent of 1.6 million meals* to
Feeding America®, the nation's leading hunger-relief organization,
to help those facing hunger nationwide. The cash donation includes
$825,000 (the equivalent of more than seven million meals**) from
cause marketing programs and $225,000 from the Unilever U.S.
Foundation to support child hunger programs.
The cause marketing programs included the Hellmann’s 100th
birthday celebration donation of $125,000 (the equivalent of one
million meals**) in September and the “Add Hope” campaign, which
provided a donation of $250,000 (the equivalent of more than two
million meals**) to Feeding America in November. Additionally,
Unilever employees joined forces to help fight hunger through its
second annual company-wide food bank drive with 29 locations across
the United States participating to collect more than 25,000 pounds
of food and personal care products (the equivalent of more than
20,000 meals*).
A Mission Partner of Feeding America, Unilever, maker of some of
America’s best loved brands, has contributed the equivalent of more
than 14 million meals* over the past five years, including food and
personal care items from brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s, Dove and
Suave, as well as $3.3 million to help Feeding America provide more
food to people in need. Contributions from Unilever are in line
with the company’s global commitment under the Unilever Sustainable
Living Plan to help more than a billion people take action to
improve their health and well-being.
The Unilever U.S. Foundation is supporting Feeding America child
hunger programs and providing food to children who may be facing
hunger in communities where Unilever employees work and live. The
Foundation is reaching children at times when they are most
vulnerable: in the summer, afterschool, at home, over weekends and
during school vacations. In 2013, the Unilever U.S. Foundation
helped support Feeding America child hunger programming by donating
$225,000 with a majority of this gift supporting 10 grants of
$20,000 to member food banks, enabling them to start, sustain or
expand their child hunger-relief programs including Kids Cafe,
BackPack, Afterschool Snack, School Pantry and the Summer Food
Service Program.
“With a growing number of American families struggling with food
insecurity, it is important that we do our part in the fight
against hunger. By partnering with organizations, like Feeding
America, we are able to improve the health and well-being of
families across the country that are finding it difficult to make
ends meet or are forced to go without food for several meals, or
even days, ” said Jonathan Atwood, Vice President, Sustainable
Living and Corporate Communications for Unilever. “Our employees
are passionate about making a difference in the communities where
we work and live, and thanks to their efforts we increased our
donations from last year’s food bank drive. We are proud of the
meaningful contributions we made in 2013 and look forward to
continuing our support of hunger-relief initiatives.”
Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks feeding
more than 37 million people each year through food pantries, soup
kitchens and shelters in communities nationwide.
*According to the USDA, 1.2 pounds = 1 meal**$1
donated to Feeding America helps provide 9 meals on behalf of local
food banks.
About Feeding America
Feeding America is a nationwide network of more than 200 food
banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States.
Together, we provide food to more than 37 million people through
61,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in communities
across America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve
food security among the people we serve; educates the public about
the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects
people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and
government all have a role in ending hunger. Donate. Volunteer.
Advocate. Educate. Together we can solve hunger. Visit
http://www.feedingamerica.org/. Find us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/FeedingAmerica or follow us on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/FeedingAmerica.
About Unilever United States, Inc.
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home
and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries. Our
products are present in 7 out of 10 homes globally and are used by
over 2 billion people on a daily basis. In the United
States the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Ben
& Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair
Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care
products, Fruttare, Good Humor, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s
Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton,
Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Popsicle, Promise,
Q-tips, Ragú, Simple, Slim-Fast, St. Ives, Suave, TIGI, TRESemmé
and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies.
Our ambition is to double the size of our business, while
reducing our overall environmental footprint (including sourcing,
consumer use and disposal) and increasing our positive social
impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take
action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our
agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our
growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big
goals are more than 50 time-based targets. See more on the Unilever
Sustainable Living Plan at
http://www.unileverusa.com/sustainable-living/.
Unilever employs more than 10,000 people in the
United States – generating over $9 billion in sales in 2012. For
more information, visit www.unileverusa.com.
Media:UnileverJaime Stein,
201-894-7760MediaRelations.USA@unilever.com
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