Frito-Lay, Quaker, and PepsiCo Foundation Team
Up with Former Arizona
Cardinal Drew Stanton,
GENYOUth and Additional Partners to Award Grab and
Go Meal Equipment Packages to Phoenix Union High
Schools
PHOENIX, Feb. 9, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- GENYOUth, the national non-profit
organization founded by America's dairy farmers and the NFL to
create healthier school communities, announced today the completion
of its Mission 57: End Student Hunger initiative with the
awarding of Grab and Go meal equipment and NFL FLAG-In-Schools kits
to the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU). Combined with
recent grants to Tucson Unified and Casa Grande Elementary School
Districts, and with the support of purpose-minded partners
including Frito-Lay North America,
The Quaker Oats Company, and the PepsiCo Foundation in
collaboration with the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee and the
Dairy Council of Arizona, GENYOUth
has provided school meal equipment packages to 22 Arizona schools
over the past three weeks.
At Central High School in Phoenix this morning, over 100 students joined
former Arizona Cardinal and NFL
Legend Drew Stanton, along with school district officials and
community leaders including Principal Leticia Avalos, to celebrate the arrival of new
school meal equipment, including breakfast/meal carts, mobile milk
coolers, and NFL FLAG-In-Schools kits.
Today's grant marks the completion of Mission 57: End Student
Hunger, a community initiative aligned with Super Bowl LVII which
has – through additional support provided by BHHS Legacy
Foundation, Fiesta Bowl Charities, Fry's Food Stores, and the ISA
Foundation -- provided a total of 57 equipment packages to help
tackle food insecurity and increase physical activity in high-need
Arizona schools. Nearly one in
five² children in Arizona are
living in food insecurity yet the state ranks in the bottom half of
all states in school breakfast participation³.
All totaled, Mission 57 will provide access to over 8.5 million
school meals among 31,000 Arizona
students. Super Bowl LVII's commitment to tackling student food
insecurity will continue on Saturday,
February 11, with Taste of the NFL presented by
Frito Lay, Quaker and PepsiCo
Foundation, at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix (TasteoftheNFL.com).
"Over 30 million students rely on school meals for a significant
portion of their daily nutrition, and for many, it is the only meal
they receive on some days. Our Grab and Go meal equipment has been
proven to increase average daily meal participation by as much as
27 percent by reducing barriers to school breakfast in the
cafeteria including lack of time and stigma," said Ann Marie Krautheim, M.A., R.D., L.D., CEO of
GENYOUth. "Mission 57, with the support of Frito-Lay, Quaker,
the PepsiCo Foundation, and other purpose-minded partners, has
addressed youth food insecurity where it is most needed, in
high-need school communities including Phoenix. Together we are providing a crucial
step forward in ending student hunger in Arizona."
"The Phoenix Union High School District serves over 28,000
beautiful young people in Arizona's capital city," said Dr.
Chad Gestson, PXU
Superintendent. "Although our District receives free meals for
all students thanks to various national programs, our schools need
support feeding our kids. PXU thanks GENYOUth, Frito-Lay, Quaker,
the PepsiCo Foundation, and the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee
for their generous grant, which will help to increase our student's
participation."
"I am honored to be supporting Mission 57: End Student
Hunger in Arizona and
participating in today's school event in Phoenix Union High School
District," said Drew Stanton,
former Arizona Cardinal and NFL
Legend. "Tackling student food insecurity needs to be a top
priority, as daily school meals along with regular physical
activity leads to improved health and academic
performance."
"Frito-Lay, Quaker and PepsiCo Foods North America are proud to
support GENYOUth in providing critical equipment that directly
impacts students and alleviates food insecurity in Arizona," said Joan
Cetera, Vice President of Communications, PepsiCo Foods
North America. "We are committed to meeting the needs of
communities in which we serve, and with the support of PepsiCo
Foundation, Frito-Lay and Quaker we are providing essential
resources to allow communities to thrive."
"Through our Food for Good efforts, the PepsiCo Foundation is
committed to addressing food insecurity by increasing equitable
access to nutritious foods and other critical resources in the
communities where we live and work throughout the United States," said C.D. Glin,
President, PepsiCo Foundation, and Global Head of Philanthropy,
PepsiCo. "Alongside Quaker and Frito-Lay, our support of
GENYOUth's Mission 57 and Taste of the NFL initiatives enables us
to sustain a commitment to and focus on Arizona's next generation of leaders. As part
of the overall Mission 57 initiative, we are proud that our support
will positively impact over 12,000 students and help to increase
access to over 3 million school meals."
"Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee is proud to be a supporter of
Mission 57, and with Super Bowl LVII just a few days away, we thank
GENYOUth and all partners and supporters who are prioritizing the
health and well-being of students today and every day," said
Jay Parry, President & Chief
Executive Officer of the Arizona Super Bowl Host
Committee.
"Dairy farmers in Arizona and
throughout the nation are committed year-round to the health and
well-being of our nation's children. We are proud to be partnering
with GENYOUth and other partners to ensure school meal
participation and to provide equitable access to nutritious dairy
products," said Tammy Baker,
General Manager, Dairy Council of Arizona.
For more information on Mission 57: End Student Hunger and to
purchase tickets to Taste of the NFL, visit GENOUthNow.org and
TasteoftheNFL.com. To help GENYOUth End Student Hunger, visit
GENYOUthNow.org/donate/.
¹ Stacker via Feeding America data (2020)
² Food Research & Action Center
³ MMS
About GENYOUth
GENYOUth is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that creates
healthier school communities. Founded by America's dairy farmers
and the NFL, GENYOUth convenes a network of private and public
partners, including Fortune 100 companies and foundations, to raise
funds for youth wellness initiatives that give youth the
inspiration, motivation, and programs to be healthy high-achieving
students. GENYOUth's flagship program, Fuel Up to Play 60, enrolls
over 73,000 U.S. schools, reaching over 38 million students. Our
school nutrition grants increase access to healthy school meals
among food insecure students. NFL FLAG-In-Schools is the
fastest-growing youth sport in the country (ages 6-14) with over
32,000 flag kits to school communities reaching over 15 million
students. AdVenture Capital brings out the entrepreneurial spirit
and creativity of students with the support of corporate mentors to
solve real world problems. GENYOUth is the official charitable
partner of Taste of the NFL, a purpose-driven Super Bowl culinary
experience that raises awareness and generates funds to fight
hunger and food insecurity to support the organization's commitment
to end student hunger.
About Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee
The Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee is an Arizona non-profit responsible for planning
and executing a successful Super Bowl LVII in 2023. The goal of the
Host Committee is to galvanize local stakeholders in a united
approach to hosting the largest single-day sporting event in the
world by maximizing positive media exposure, fueling the economic
engine of Arizona, and leaving a
lasting legacy. The Host Committee serves as liaison between the
NFL and all regional efforts, culminating with the game in 2023 at
State Farm Stadium, home to the Arizona Cardinals. This is the
fourth time Arizona is hosting the
Super Bowl, following 1996, 2008 and 2015. Only four other sites
(South Florida, New Orleans, Los
Angeles, and Tampa Bay)
hold this distinction. For more information, visit azsuperbowl.com
or follow @AZSuperBowl on Twitter, Instagram, and
Facebook.
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion
times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the
world. PepsiCo generated more than $79
billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary
beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's,
Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and
SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of
enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that
generate more than $1 billion each in
estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in
Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive
(pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts
sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will
create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries
and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more
information, visit www.pepsico.com.
About Frito-Lay North
America
Frito-Lay North America is the $18 billion convenient foods
division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered
in Purchase, N.Y. Frito-Lay snacks include Lay's and Ruffles potato
chips, Doritos tortilla chips, Cheetos snacks, Tostitos tortilla
chips and branded dips, SunChips multigrain snacks and Fritos corn
chips. The company operates 30+ manufacturing facilities across the
U.S. and Canada, more than 200
distribution centers and services 315,000 retail customers per week
through its direct-store-delivery model. Learn more about Frito-Lay
at the corporate website, http:www.fritolay.com/, on Twitter
fritolay, on Instagram @fritolay and on Facebook Frito-Lay.
About the PepsiCo Foundation
Established in 1962, the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic
arm of PepsiCo, invests in the essential elements of a sustainable
food system with a mission to support thriving communities. Working
with non-profits and experts around the globe, we're focused on
helping communities obtain access to food security, safe water and
economic opportunity. We strive for tangible impact in the places
where we live and work—collaborating with industry peers, local and
international organizations, and our employees to affect
large-scale change on the issues that matter to us and are of
global importance. Learn more at
www.pepsicofoundation.com.
About Quaker
The Quaker Oats Company, headquartered in Chicago, is a unit of PepsiCo, Inc., one of
the world's largest consumer packaged goods companies. For more
than 140 years, Quaker's brands have served as symbols of quality,
great taste, and nutrition. Quaker® Oats, Quaker® Rice Cakes and
Quaker Chewy® Granola Bars are consumer favorites. For more
information, please visit www.QuakerOats.com,
www.Facebook.com/Quaker, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram
@Quaker.
Dairy Council® of Arizona
Dairy Council® of Arizona (DCAZ) is a the
not-for-profit, nutrition education branch of Arizona Milk
Producers. Staffed by registered dietitians, DCAZ strives to
contribute to the achievement of optimal health for the
Arizona community by providing
nutrition education based on the latest scientific research and the
concept of a balanced diet that includes milk and milk products. To
address hunger initiatives in the local community, DCAZ provides
food preparation and storage equipment to food banks and school
food service programs.
Phoenix Union High School
Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) is one of the largest
and most progressive high school districts in the United States. With 24 schools, over
28,000 students, and nearly 4,000 employees, PXU covers 220-square
miles of Arizona's capital city.
PXU is a portfolio district with 11 comprehensive high
schools, six small specialty schools, three micro schools,
three support schools, and a digital academy. At Phoenix
Union, we provide schools of opportunity that welcome, love, and
inspire all to go places and do things that matter.
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