EPA Partners with Philabundance on Feds Feed Families Campaign (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)
PHILADELPHIA (August 10, 2011)
– Today EPA’s
Mid-Atlantic regional office presented Philabundance with the first
in a series of food donations as part of the Feds Feed Families
program.
Food banks across the country are facing severe
shortages of non-perishable items because demand increases in the
summer as children are left without school nutrition
programs.
Federal employees nationwide are stepping up to
meet this challenge by gathering two million pounds of food for
families in need this summer
Food donations will be distributed in the local
communities by organizations such as Philabundance. Nationally,
EPA’s goal as an agency is to collect 100,000
pounds.
EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin
presented a partial donation today to Philabundance Executive
Director Bill Clark in a ceremony held at EPA’s Public
Information Center. Employee donations will continue to be
collected until Aug. 31.
“While protecting public health is at the
core of our mission, I’m very proud of our employees for
stepping up to help the needy in our communities” said
Garvin. “This isn’t the first time EPA and
Philabundance have worked together to feed the hungry. Our region
has been conducting food drives with Philabundance for more than
five years. The voluntary donations come from our EPA
staff.”
Philabundance is also an EPA sustainability
partner which is helping the organization put more meals on more
tables by identifying sustainable practices. These practices may
reduce their operating costs while providing positive benefits for
the environment.”
“EPA has been a longtime supporter and
partner of Philabundance,” said Bill Clark, Philabundance
president and executive director. “Feds Feed Families comes
during a time when families’ budgets must be stretched
further as meal programs are harder to access when school is
out.”
Philabundance was created in 1984 with the
simple belief that no one should go hungry. Philabundance provides
food to approximately 65,000 people per week through direct
services and a network of 500 member agencies including emergency
food kitchens, food cupboards, senior centers, and
more.
Feds Feed Families is a government-wide effort
led by the Chief Human Capitols Officers Council in partnership
with the Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
For more information on Feds Feeds Families go
to: www.fedsfeedfamalies.gov
For more information on Philabundance go
to: www.philabundance.org
