The Land O’Lakes Foundation recently presented direct grants totaling $85,000 to four Pennsylvania-based food banks/feeding programs to help alleviate hunger for families throughout the region, along with additional mid-Atlantic hunger grants totaling $15,000. The donations are part of the Land O’Lakes’ Feeding Our Communities initiative dedicated to helping alleviate hunger locally, nationally and internationally.
Land O’Lakes presented grants to the following organizations:
• Central Pennsylvania Food Bank $30,000
• Project Share of Carlisle $15,000
• Mennonite Central Committee $25,000
• United Way of Pennsylvania $15,000
• Other mid-Atlantic hunger grants – $15,000
“On behalf of Land O’Lakes and the Land O’Lakes Foundation, I am proud to present these contributions to food programs in Pennsylvania which will help combat the devastating effects of hunger in our community,” said Tom Wakefield, member of the Land O’Lakes Board of Directors and the Land O’Lakes Foundation Board of Directors.
“As a national, farmer-owned cooperative, Land O’Lakes is committed to helping the growing number of people struggling to put food on their table, particularly in communities where we have employees and families” said Land O’Lakes Foundation Executive Director Lydia Botham. “These grants, and the Feeding Our Communities initiative provides a unique opportunity for Land O’Lakes to work with local food banks and food shelves who can provide food to families in need.”
The Land O’Lakes Foundation is made possible through the support of Land O’Lakes, Inc. and receives two percent of the company’s pre-tax profits for philanthropic outreach. In 2011, the LOL Foundation donated more than $2.8 million in cash and more than $1 million in product.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. (www.landolakesinc.com) is a national, farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative with annual sales of nearly $13 billion. The nation’s second-largest cooperative and number 218 on the Fortune 500, Land O'Lakes does business in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. It is a leading marketer of a full line of dairy-based consumer, foodservice and food ingredient products across the United States; serves its international customers with a variety of food and animal feed ingredients; and provides farmers and ranchers with an extensive line of agricultural supplies (feed, seed, and crop protection products) and services. Land O’Lakes also provides agricultural assistance and technical training in more than 25 developing nations.
Source: Land O’Lakes, Inc.