Whole Foods Market recently donated a refrigerated van to local nonprofit organization Minnie’s Food Pantry to support food redistribution to those in need. Thursday, Minnie’s Food Pantry staff and Whole Foods employees at the Cityline Whole Foods in Texas, celebrated by filling the van with donated products bound for food-insecure community members.
“We’re so thrilled to expand our partnership with Minnie’s Food Pantry and further support their food rescue efforts to nourish the North Dallas community,” said Lauren Talley, community giving and engagement senior specialist for Whole Foods, in a statement. “Not only will this van help transport more rescued food to neighbors in need, but it will also help reduce food waste and do so much good to create long-term impact nourishing the community.”
The retailer launched Nourishing Our Neighborhoods in September 2020 and has since donated 37 refrigerated vans to food rescue partners to transport food to communities across the U.S. and Canada.
“From hosting an in-store fundraiser 10 years ago to now picking up from three Whole Foods locations each week, Minnie’s Food Pantry takes great joy in looking back at how our partnership with Whole Foods Market has flourished,” said Cheryl Jackson, founder of Minnie’s Food Pantry, in a statement. “This year, we have been so fortunate to be gifted a brand-new vehicle with refrigeration capabilities through the Whole Foods Market Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program which has already proven instrumental in allowing Minnie’s to fulfill our mission and continue providing healthy and perishable foods such as produce, dairy and meats to the tens-of-thousands of families that we serve each year!”
Since Minnie's Food Pantry's creation in 2008, it has distributed over 25 million meals in the fight against hunger.
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