Schwan's Home Service, Inc. Feeds Hungry Families This Holiday Season
Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. And America's Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network Coordinate A Food Drive To Provide Warm Meals To Families
CHICAGO --- Nov. 3, 2005 --- Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. is sponsoring a food drive for America's Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network to help provide hungry families across America with a warm meal this holiday season. Schwan’s will encourage customers to purchase food items that will be donated to food banks in their local area.
The food drive expects to collect donated food valued at approximately $2 million. Schwan‘s will match up to $100,000 in food donations, as well as provide transportation of the donated products to the individual food bank Members of the America's Second Harvest Network.
Schwan’s invites customers to purchase product to donate from a list of food items that include turkey breast, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and other traditional holiday favorites.
“We are very grateful to Schwan’s Home Service for helping us provide warm and nutritious meals to families that are at-risk of hunger this holiday season,” said Robert Forney, president and CEO of America’s Second Harvest.
For more details on participation in the food drive call 1-888-SCHWANS (1-888-724-9267). Together we can make a difference!
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Schwan’s Home Service, Inc., headquartered in Marshall, Minnesota, is a business unit of The Schwan Food Company, one of the largest branded frozen-food companies in the United States and the second-largest privately-held corporation in Minnesota. Featuring over 400 products, Schwan’s Home Service has been delivering restaurant-quality frozen foods to homes for over 50 years. To learn more call 1-888-SCHWANS (1-888-724-9267).
America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a Network of more than 200 regional Member food banks and food-rescue programs serving all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The Network secures and distributes nearly two billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. The America’s Second Harvest Network supports approximately 50,000 feeding agencies nationwide, including food pantries, soup kitchens, women’s shelters, and Kids Cafes. These local organizations provide emergency food assistance to 23 million hungry Americans, including more than nine million children and nearly three million seniors each year. For more information on America’s Second Harvest, visit www.secondharvest.org.
Contact:
Ross Fraser
312.263.2303 x 183
rfraser@secondharvest.org
