Mass event at annual employee meeting
represents a new type of corporate donation; company also
makes a $10,000 cash donation
TORONTO, June 16, 2017 /CNW/ - Accenture (NYSE: ACN)
employees in Toronto today are
packing and donating 100,000 hunger-relief meals to Daily Bread
Food Bank to relieve an annual reduction in donations that
typically occurs after the winter holidays have ended and warmer
weather arrives. Accenture is also making a $10,000 cash donation to the food bank.
The donated meals, totaling 15,200 pounds, will be packaged at
Accenture's annual Toronto
employee meeting at the Enercare Centre downtown. Approximately 550
of Accenture's 1,750 Toronto and
Niagara region employees are expected to attend.
"When Accenture people come together as a group, we can achieve
great things" said Bill Morris,
president and senior managing director at Accenture in Canada. "We are excited to be able to help get
this large-scale donation out the door at a critical time for our
local food bank. Our aim is to be a force for positive change in
the communities in which we live and work, and that means that we
will be working hardest when people need us most."
Gail Nyberg, executive director
of Daily Bread Food Bank, said, "The summer season is when food and
cash donations slow down, but the need in our city doesn't stop.
Accenture's hunger-relief packages, together with the company's
generous $10,000 gift, will provide a
healthy breakfast and dinner to those who need it most this
summer."
Package assembly will begin at 1:45
p.m. in the Enercare Center, where Accenture employees will
assemble the 100,000 packages simultaneously in teams. Participants
will pack breakfast and dinner meal servings into 4,200 boxes,
which will be delivered to Daily Bread Food Bank. The packages will
be distributed to Daily Bread's member agencies across Toronto throughout the following weeks.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world's largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
401,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Accenture plans to hire 1,000 people in Canada this fiscal year. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
About Daily Bread Food Bank
Daily Bread Food Bank is a
registered charity (Registered Charity Number: 11888 1549 RR0001)
that is fighting hunger in our communities. A distribution hub,
Daily Bread provides food and support to almost 200 programs across
Toronto. Daily Bread also works
towards long-term solutions to hunger, releases the annual Who's
Hungry research report, and runs innovative programs to support
people on low incomes. Learn more at dailybread.ca.
SOURCE Accenture