TORONTO — Mondelez Canada continues its partnership with Food Banks Canada with a $75,000 contribution to the organization’s After the Bell program.
The program provides Canadian children with access to healthy foods during the summer when school is not in session.
“We’re passionate supporters of the After the Bell program and proud to contribute annually because we know one-third of food bank clients are children and summer hunger is a real problem for many children and families facing food insecurity, especially this year,” said Karla Schlieper, president of Mondelez Canada. “Creating a snacking world that is good for people and kind to the planet are some of the core values to the Mondelez mission, and working closely with Food Banks Canada is just one of the many ways we aim to live those values.”
The Canadian arm of the snack powerhouse company is a long-time partner of Food Banks Canada and supports this program each year. The donation will help deliver healthy food packs to local food banks, which distribute them to children in their communities. The packs include products like shelf-stable milk, hummus, crackers, cereal, oatmeal and sunflower seeds. The local food banks use grant money to add apples, snap peas, cheese, yogurt and other products to the food packs.
“This year, because of increased demand, Food Banks Canada’s target is to distribute 185,000 food packs to over 200 communities across Canada,” said Erin Filey-Wronecki, chief development and partnerships officer for Food Banks Canada. “Mondelez Canada’s continued partnership and generous contributions to the After the Bell program has an immense impact in helping to make that mission possible.”
