LAS VEGAS, Nov. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is proud to reach the milestone of
donating more than 1 million meals through its Feeding
Forward program, which safely recovers unserved food from
conventions, mini bars and warehouses to help feed those in
Southern Nevada suffering from
food insecurity. In addition, the company has donated over 500,000
meals through Restaurant Week and Backpacks for Kids, which are
also part of Feeding Forward. The food donation portion of the
program started in 2016 and works as a partnership with Three
Square food bank.
According to Hunger in Nevada, Feeding America, one in eight
Nevadans is affected by hunger. In 2007, MGM Resorts was
instrumental in founding Three Square food bank in Southern Nevada. Since then MGM Resorts
employees have volunteered over 54,000 hours to help Three Square
build programs.
"For many years we have worked with community organizations like
Three Square to provide hunger relief and food resources for those
in need. We are proud to continue those efforts through our Feeding
Forward program," said Bill
Hornbuckle, President and COO of MGM Resorts International.
"We are thrilled to be well on our way to achieving our social
impact and sustainability goal of donating 5 million meals by the
year 2025 and are grateful to our employees for their continued
dedication to helping those in need."
In 2016, the Company officially partnered with Three Square to
initiate an innovative food donations process that simultaneously
combats food waste and food insecurity. This new food donations
process was first introduced at the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas when unserved food from catered
events was rescued, frozen and then safely donated to people in
need. Since then, the process has expanded to include
unserved food from additional sources including warehouses,
kitchens and minibar operations, and now encompasses multiple food
types collected from nine MGM Resorts on the Strip. The Feeding
Forward program also includes funded meals through other
food-related programs nationally.
MGM employees will celebrate this momentous occasion on
November 26 at Project Homeless
Connect where they are the sponsors of the meal. Project Homeless
Connect, coordinated by the Nevada Resorts Association, brings
together various parts of the community to help serve individuals
and families in need. More than 200 MGM Resorts volunteers will be
part of the event, greeting guests and serving them a
restaurant-style Thanksgiving meal prepared by MGM Resorts chefs.
Guests will also have access to volunteer navigators to guide them
to service locations and personal shoppers at the Connect
Store.
For more information about MGM Resorts' social impact and
sustainability efforts under Focused on What Matters:
Embracing Humanity and Protecting the Planet, visit
https://www.mgmresorts.com/focused.
ABOUT MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment
company with national and international locations featuring
best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and
conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment
experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and
retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences
through its suite of Las
Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses
30 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings including some of
the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding
throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company recently
acquired the operations of Empire City Casino in New York and MGM Northfield Park. In 2018, MGM
Resorts opened MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in Macau, and the first Bellagio-branded hotel in
Shanghai. The 82,000 global
employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being
recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired
Companies®. For more information visit us at
www.mgmresorts.com.
MGM RESORTS CONTACTS:
Samantha
Cummis
Executive Director Communications
(702) 692-6847
scummis@mgmresorts.com
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