1.
TAKING ACTION
DURING COVID-19
Highlights of the Impactful
Contributions Made to
Help Our Communities

2.
During this time of uncertainty, we
remain committed to supporting
the safety and well-being of our
employees, customers and local
communities facing new hardships as
a result of COVID-19.
We are a far way from being finished,
but we want to share some of the
inspiring stories about our teams and
partners across the enterprise that
have made impactful contributions in
their communities and beyond.
Keep reading to see some of our
favorite stories.

3.
IMPACTING CONSUMERS
IMPACTING EMPLOYEES
IMPACTING COMMUNITIES

4.
IMPACTING
CONSUMERS

5.
When the University of Kentucky sent its students home
to continue their classes online, the effects of that decision
affected local farmers who supply UK Dining Services
with food. We partnered with The Food Connection to
implement a direct-to-consumer program to give the
community access to fresh produce grown and provided by
local farmers. READ MORE
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

6.
Twelve school sites in the SPS district have been set up as
“prep sites” where we are helping to prepare meals that
are delivered to the remaining district school sites. Families
drive through to pick up their breakfast and lunch bags. Bus
routes have also been scheduled to deliver meals to over
400 students who do not have a way to pick up meals from
the distribution sites. In one week, we helped to prepare
more than 67,000 grab-and-go bags. READ MORE
Springfield Public Schools
Springfield, Missouri

7.
Our team at South Dakota School
of Mines & Technology has been
working with International Students
Inc., an organization that supports
international students while at
school, to provide food-insecure
students with perishable items like
produce and milk.
South Dakota School
of Mines & Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

8.
IMPACTING
EMPLOYEES

9.
We partnered with Texas Medical Center to help feed the
mobile testing personnel in Houston. We are providing
meals for 200 healthcare staff and the Texas Medical Center
police who are working the drive-thru testing facilities.
Thanks to all those working on the front lines to keep us
healthy and safe!
Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas

10.
We partnered to serve
meals to more than 100
doctors and nurses at
Jersey City Medical
Center in Jersey City.
We also donated
fresh food from our
café to AngelaCARES, a Jersey City based organization,
which in turn delivered the donations to seniors and
residents with disabilities.
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
Jersey City, New Jersey

11.
To assist hospital workers, our
team at LCMC Health in New
Orleans created a pop-up
grocery store to allow workers
to pick up any necessities
they need before going home
after a shift, like bread, milk, eggs
and toilet paper. READ MORE
Louisiana Children’s
Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

12.
Our on-the-go meal delivery
service, Good Uncle, served
warm, comforting meals to
healthcare workers at five
hospitals in the Philadelphia
area. We were thrilled to provide
over 2,500 meals to hospital
staff, medical personnel, and
our team members.
Good Uncle
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

13.
IMPACTING
COMMUNITIES

14.
Throughout our 84-year
history, we have worked to
build stronger communities,
especially during times of
crisis and natural disaster. We’re partnering with the Debra
and Leon Black Family, Mayor’s Fund to Advance New
York City, Robin Hood and American Red Cross to launch
“NYC Healthcare Heroes” and provide 300,000+ packages
of shelf-stable food, household supplies and medicine to
hospital staff at the epicenter of the virus. READ MORE
NYC Healthcare Heroes
New York City, New York

15.
Through a partnership with General Motors, we worked
together to donate 1,200 pounds of perishable produce and
dairy products to The Empowerment Plan, which has been
providing take home boxed meals
for employees and their families; the
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries,
who have been feeding quarantined
men; and the Capuchin Soup
Kitchen, who provide fresh, healthy
meals for those in need.
General Motors
Detroit, Michigan

16.
When it was announced
that UD’s residence halls
were closing for the
semester, 15 members of
our Dining Services team
spent days collecting
fresh produce, scratch-
made baked goods, and other food items. They were
able to fill three trucks and deliver the items to Newark’s
Christina School District, Wilmington’s Emmanuel Dining
Room and City of Love Church. The items fed around 500
families in two-and-a-half days. READ MORE
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

17.
Once the governor of Rhode Island alerted the state that
schools would be closing, a plan was developed to help
families impacted by the closures. A Facebook message
was posted on the foodservice program’s page, and within
hours, it had over 1,000 shares and had reached over
55,000 people. The next day, we helped to serve meals at
eight of the schools within the district to families who were
coming out in waves and sharing their gratitude.
Pawtucket School Department
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

18.
When all 600-plus
Chicago Public Schools
closed indefinitely, no
time was wasted getting
meal packages out to
families. So far, we have
helped to hand out over
90,000 meal packages, which
include three days’ worth of breakfast and lunch,
totaling more than a half-million meals. READ MORE
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, Illinois

19.
Lewisville ISD Child Nutrition is currently offering free
breakfast and lunch for children under 18 at 11 locations
throughout the district. A mobile location called the
Streatz & Beatz food truck has been added to serve
a community where a large number of students and
families have financial need. We helped to serve over
14,500 meals in the first week of service. A partnership
with the local organization Lovepacs provided over 1,000
weekend meal bags for families.
The department and our team members were featured
on the local news station for their #SomethingGood
segment. READ MORE
Lewisville Independent
School District
Lewisville, Texas

20.
Our dining team at UVA continues to work hard to donate
perishable food items to five local relief agencies. We’ve
also created an Employee Food Assistance program where
affected employees can pick up ready-to-eat meals twice
a week. READ MORE
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

21.
COVID-19: OUR RESPONSE
AND RESOURCES
Read about the steps we are taking to reduce
the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
LEARN MORE