EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second
year, a partnership between Frito-Lay and Feed the Children will
provide El Paso families,
pre-identified by Destiny Family Christian Center, with enough food
and daily essentials to supplement meals for a week.
The event kicks off Tuesday, Dec.
10, at 11 a.m. MST at Destiny
Family Church, 9615 Dyer St., El Paso,
Texas 79924. Volunteers from Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Feed the
Children and Destiny Family Christian Center will be onsite serving
families and assisting with distribution during the event.
Part of Feed the Children's No Hunger Holidays campaign, the
event designed to feed families during the holidays, as well as
bring awareness to the important issue of childhood hunger. With
two out of 10 residents living below the poverty line in
El Paso1, many children
feel left out of the festivities while their parents are concerned
with just making ends meet.
Since 2010, Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, and Feed the
Children have provided more than 88,000 families across the U.S.
everyday care items and food as part of a larger initiative between
the organizations to provide much-needed resources in an effort to
fight childhood hunger.
"We're grateful to give back to the community for a second year
in El Paso," said José Muñoz,
sales zone director, El Paso,
Frito-Lay North America. "Today's
event offers us an opportunity to provide a hand up to our
El Paso neighbors just before the
holidays, where more than 20 percent of the population still lives
below the poverty line. This event would not be possible without
our incredible employee volunteers and partners, Feed the Children
and Destiny Family Christian Center."
"Today, we are not only providing food and essentials to these
families—but also hope for the holiday season," said Travis Arnold, Feed the Children president and
CEO. "Hope for a better future that is made possible thanks to our
partners at Frito-Lay who play a vital role in helping us
create a world where no child goes to bed hungry."
Each family will be given a variety of products, including
donations from Frito-Lay, Pepsi and Quaker:
- One 10-pound box of personal-care items, like shampoo,
deodorant, lotion
- One box of AVON products
- Variety of Frito-Lay products
- PepsiCo beverages
- Life Original Cereal
- Quaker Oatmeal
- Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
About Frito-Lay North
America
Frito-Lay North America is the
$16 billion convenient foods division
of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered
in Purchase, NY. Learn more about
Frito-Lay at the corporate website,
http://www.fritolay.com/ and on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/fritolay.
About Feed the Children
At Feed the Children, we feed hungry kids. We envision a
world where no child goes to bed hungry. In the U.S. and
internationally, we are dedicated to helping families and
communities achieve stable lives and to reducing the need for help
tomorrow, while providing food and resources to help them today. We
distribute product donations from corporate donors to local
community partners, we provide support for teachers and students,
and we mobilize resources quickly to aid recovery efforts when
natural disasters strike. Internationally, we manage child-focused
community development programs in 10 countries. We welcome
partnerships because we know our work would not be possible without
collaborative relationships.
Visit feedthechildren.org for more information.
1 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/elpasocitytexas
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