ATLANTA –
In an effort to support their local communities, employees of Ready
Auto
Transport, Manheim Phoenix and Manheim St. Louis recently collected
enough food to help United Food Bank of Arizona and St. Louis Area
Foodbank provide more than 16,000 meals to less fortunate members of
their communities.
More than 9,000 items were collected during these two food drives held prior to the 2013 holiday season.
Employee
teams from Ready Auto Transport and Manheim Phoenix partnered to lead a
food drive to benefit United Food Bank of Arizona,
collecting nearly 6,000 items that weighed nearly 2.5 tons. The
donations helped United Food Bank provide 4,000 meals to the local
community. The donations were collected at Ready Auto Transport in
Chandler, Ariz., and at Manheim Phoenix in Tolleson, Ariz.,
from Nov. 1-Dec. 19, 2013.
Employees and customers of Manheim St. Louis collected 3,265 items in November 2013 to benefit the St. Louis Area Foodbank. The
employees collected 15,000 pounds of food that was used to help provide 12,490 meals for those in need.
“It
was a phenomenal success,” said Jerry Tassone, president of Ready Auto
Transport, of the collection for United Food Bank. “The
beauty of this donation is that our employees pulled together to not
only make their own donations, but to seek support from their families,
friends and neighbors. It was a great team effort from two organizations
of the Manheim family.”
“The
employees at Manheim Phoenix and Ready Auto Transport really deserve
the credit for the success of this food drive,” said Jim
Mumford, Manheim Phoenix general manager. “They collected 80 percent of
these items themselves and encouraged others to donate. We really have
made a difference in the community with this food drive.”
Ready
Auto Transport has supported United Food Bank for several years, and
Manheim Phoenix joined the giving effort for this year’s
drive.
“We
appreciate the continued support of Ready Auto Transport and Manheim
Phoenix, and the employees of both locations,” said Lisa
J. Pino, President and CEO of United Food Bank. “The amount of food
collected was amazing. This was the largest private company donation
that we have ever received.”
In addition to the food collection, Manheim St. Louis employees held the inaugural Souper
Chili Bowl, created by
employees Pam Fischer and Melissa Powell. Employees donated $3 or three
cans of food for the opportunity to sample and vote on their colleagues’
best chili and soup dishes. In addition to
the food donations, a total of $3,338 was raised through this event.
“It is a privilege to work with such a caring group of individuals," said Victor
Ferlaino,
general manager of Manheim St. Louis. “Our staff did a fantastic job
raising donations and bringing awareness to the Foodbank’s needs.”
“The donations from Manheim helped us feed more people across the 26 counties we serve in Missouri and Illinois,”
said Frank Finnegan, president and CEO of the
St. Louis Area Foodbank. “Manheim St. Louis has been a partner of ours
for several years, and has really helped us make a difference in the
community.”
An
estimated 57,100 people rely on the St. Louis Area Foodbank for food
assistance each week. The Manheim St. Louis
food and funds drive, combined with their volunteer effort, kept many of
those individuals from having to wonder where their next meal would
come from.
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