Office Depot Donates $1.5 Million to Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund
July 14 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Donation to Help Feeding America’s Network of
Food Banks Distribute More Than 1.3 Billion Pounds of Food to
Support Families Facing Hunger
Office Depot, a wholly owned subsidiary of The ODP Corporation
(NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of business services, products and
digital workplace technology solutions through an integrated B2B
distribution platform, today announced that it is providing $1.5
million to Feeding America®, the largest domestic hunger-relief
organization in the country, in support of its COVID-19 Response
Fund to help local food banks across the country distribute more
than 1.3 billion pounds of food to communities in need.
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“We are proud to support the Feeding America network of food
banks as it works tirelessly to address the increased demand for
food assistance resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Gerry
Smith, chief executive officer for Office Depot and The ODP
Corporation. “Now more than ever, we are committed to strengthening
local communities and hope that this donation will help to provide
relief for families that are struggling to put food on the
table.”
Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund enables its network of
200-member food banks to efficiently and effectively secure the
resources they need to serve the most vulnerable members of their
communities. More people than ever before are visiting food banks,
and according to a recent survey by Feeding America, nearly 40
percent of those served by the network are seeking food assistance
for the first time. Households with children are more likely to
experience food insecurity, with a report by Feeding America
finding that the number of food insecure children could escalate to
18 million, an all-time high, due to the COVID-19 crisis.
“The pandemic continues to impact our entire nation, including
millions of children who are out of school and at greater risk of
hunger without access to meals that they typically receive when
school is in session,” said Casey Marsh, chief development officer
at Feeding America. “Food banks are helping to address the need
during this unprecedented time, and we are grateful to Office Depot
for their generous donation to help fight hunger in our
communities.”
For more on how Office Depot supports communities in need,
please visit www.depotdifference.com.
About Office Depot Office Depot, LLC is a wholly owned
subsidiary of The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider
of business services, products and digital workplace technology
solutions to small, medium and enterprise businesses. Through its
banner brands Office Depot® and OfficeMax®, as well as others, the
company offers its customers the tools and resources they need to
focus on their passion of starting, growing and running their
business through approximately 1,300 stores, an online presence and
thousands of dedicated sales professionals. For more information,
visit news.officedepot.com and follow @officedepot on Facebook,
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The ODP Corporation and Office Depot are trademarks of The
Office Club, Inc. OfficeMax is a trademark of OMX,Inc. ©2020 Office
Depot, LLC. All rights reserved. Any other product or company names
mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
About Feeding America Feeding America® is the largest
hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network
of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, we
provide meals to more than 40 million people each year. Feeding
America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve
food security among the people we serve; educates the public about
the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects
people from going hungry. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on
Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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