ATLANTA, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk
Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced $400,000 in grants to 31 food banks located
across the states served by the company. The funds will directly
support local efforts to combat food insecurity, as well as other
assistance initiatives supporting children, families, and senior
citizens. This latest set of grants builds on Norfolk Southern's
longstanding commitment of giving to these critical community
organizations.
The funds will help combat food insecurity and support other
initiatives for children, families, and senior citizens
"Food insecurity impacts every community in our country and
disproportionately children and senior citizens. Our role as a
company is to move the goods that power the economy, and while a
recovery is underway, many are still feeling the economic impact of
the pandemic. Norfolk Southern is proud to partner with these food
banks as a way to help make a difference by feeding and assisting
those in need," said LaSandra
Boykin, director of corporate giving at Norfolk
Southern.
Every community in the United States is home to families
who face food insecurity. According to the most recent
research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 10.5% of
households nationally (13.7 million people) were food insecure at
some time during 2019. Further, households with children had a
substantially higher rate of food insecurity than those without
children.
"We are so thankful to our long-time partner, Norfolk Southern,
for this generous gift that will provide over 120,000 healthy meals
for Central Pennsylvanians in need. We also thank them for their
investment in our local communities as one of our major employers
in the Susquehanna Valley. Together, we are making sure that all of
our neighbors have enough nutritious food, every day," said
Joe Arthur, executive director of
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
"We are extremely grateful for Norfolk Southern's investment in
Second Harvest's food bank programs, which will be able to provide
fresh and healthy food options to our region's seniors, children,
families, and veterans," said Rhonda
Chafin, executive director, Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northeast Tennessee. "Through
their support we are able to continue our mission and better serve
our neighbors in need."
Food banks receiving a grant from Norfolk Southern
include:
- America's Second
Harvest of Coastal Georgia
- Atlanta Community
Food Bank
- Central Illinois
Foodbank
- Central
Pennsylvania Foodbank
- Chattanooga Area
Food Bank
- Community Food Bank
of Central Alabama
- Community Harvest
Food Bank of Northeast Indiana
- Facing Hunger
Foodbank (WV)
- Feeding Southwest
Virginia
- Food Bank for
Central and Northeast Missouri
- Food Bank of
Central & Eastern North Carolina
- Food Bank of
Delaware
- Food Bank of
Northeast Georgia
- Food Bank of
Northern Indiana
- Food Finders Food
Bank (IN)
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- Foodbank of
Southeastern Virginia
- Freestore Foodbank
(OH)
- Gleaners
(IN)
- God's Pantry Food
Bank (KY)
- Greater Chicago
Food Depository
- Greater Pittsburgh
Community Food Bank
- Harvesters
(MO)
- Lowcountry Food
Bank (SC)
- Mid-Ohio Food
Bank
- Montgomery Area
Food Bank
- Second Harvest Food
Bank of East Tennessee
- Second Harvest Food
Bank of Metrolina
- Second Harvest Food
Bank of North Central Ohio
- Second Harvest Food
Bank of Northeast Tennessee
- Toledo Northwestern
Ohio Food Bank
- Tri-State Food Bank
(IN)
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About Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier
transportation companies, moving the goods and materials that drive
the U.S. economy. Norfolk Southern connects customers to markets
and communities to economic opportunity, with safe, reliable, and
cost-effective shipping solutions. The company's service area
includes 22 states and the District of
Columbia, every major container port in the eastern
United States, and a majority of
the U.S. population and manufacturing base.
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