Through Sodexo’s Stop Hunger efforts and in partnership with Sodexo at Presbyterian Homes, Cindy Caggiano, general manager of Sodexo Senior Living at LutheranCare was able to present a check for $660 to Country Pantry volunteer, Jeanne Roback. The check represents donations from the staff of both communities who were asked to “Share Your Heart with a Neighbor in Need” and donate to the Stop Hunger Drive.
The Country Pantry, now in its 41st year, serves those in need in Clinton, Clark Mills, Westmoreland, New Hartford and parts of Rome and Oriskany. Ms. Roback noted that the monies raised will be used to buy supplies for Kids’ Paks, a summer feeding program which provides backpacks filled with soup, peanut butter, crackers, healthy snacks, etc. for children who would otherwise be eligible for free school lunches. 150 children a month are fed through the program. The pantry operates from the Church of the Annunciation on East South Street in Clark Mills and is supported by 13 local churches.
Working to fight hunger is part of Sodexo’s global Stop Hunger initiative and its overall effort to support the communities in which it operates. Sodexo Foundation (www.SodexoFoundation.org) is the company’s nonprofit charitable arm, which has a mission to ensure that every child in the United States, especially those most at-risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life.
For further information on this and other events, contact Karen Ostinett, Director of Development at LutheranCare, 315.235.7104.