FedEx Celebrates the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 16 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
FedEx to Team Up with Rise Against Hunger for
Meal Prep and Offer Free Admission to Civil Rights Museums
FedEx volunteers across 10 cities will team up with Rise Against
Hunger to pack over 170,000 meals for those in need in recognition
of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
This is the seventh year FedEx has worked with Rise Against
Hunger, an organization dedicated to fighting food insecurity and
malnutrition around the world. This nationwide event provides
employees with an opportunity to honor Dr. King’s legacy through
service. FedEx team members will pack meals on Jan. 20 in Atlanta,
Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Newark, Oakland-San
Francisco, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. Rise Against
Hunger aligns with FedEx Cares 50 by 50, the company’s community
engagement initiative to positively impact 50 million people by our
50th Anniversary in April 2023.
“FedEx is proud once again to celebrate the life of Dr. King by
supporting an amazing organization,” said Rose Flenorl, FedEx
Global Citizenship. “We are honored to be able to assist in helping
to end hunger in our lifetime by providing food and life-saving aid
to the world's most vulnerable people.”
Rise Against Hunger’s mission is to end hunger by 2030. The
meals, consisting of rice, soy protein, dried vegetables and
vitamins, are packaged by volunteers and shipped around the globe
and distributed to beneficiaries in critical need.
In honor of Dr. King, FedEx will also provide free admission to
the following civil rights museums:
- National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis – Jan. 20
- Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Jackson, Mississippi - Jan.
20
- Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham – Jan. 20
- The Legacy Museum, Montgomery, Ala. – Jan. 20
- The Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta – Feb. 1
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $69 billion, the company
offers integrated business solutions through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 490,000
team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and
professional standards and the needs of their customers and
communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and
possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.
About Rise Against Hunger
Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief
organization, aims to show the world that it is, in fact, possible
to end hunger by the year 2030. With 28 U.S. locations and five
international offices, the organization is committed to nourishing
lives, providing emergency aid, empowering communities and growing
the hunger movement. Rise Against Hunger has facilitated volunteer
meal packaging of nearly 500 million meals to be distributed to
countries around the world.
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