Stockton Emergency Food Bank Receives $9,000 and 7,000 pounds of food through Constellation Brands Employees
25 2월 2012 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Over the past two years, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi has
recognized the need for food bank support within the local
community. The Giving Garden, which raises fresh fruits and
vegetables for the Stockton Emergency Food Bank, was built on the
Woodbridge Winery premises in 2010 and continues to be maintained
and cared for by the winery employees. This garden has provided
more than 4,500 pounds of produce to the Food Bank, equating to
more than 5,600 meals for local families. Inspired by the passion
and generosity alive within the Giving Garden program, employees of
Constellation Brands, the parent company of Woodbridge by Robert
Mondavi, personally donated to the Food Bank cause through the
“employee match” program. For every dollar donated by an employee
to a local charity during the holiday time period, Constellation
Brands in turn matched with a donation of a dollar. The $9,000
raised through this program, along with the 2,500 pounds of food
raised through a food drive held at the winery during the holidays,
will provide tremendous support to help feed the local community
during the cold winter months and beyond.
Representatives from Woodbridge by Robert
Mondavi share donation on behalf of Constellation Brands with the
Stockton Emergency Food Bank. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Working with organizations like the Stockton Emergency Food
Bank enables us to contribute to the community surrounding our
winery, and see the difference these donations can make firsthand,”
said Larry Pilmaier, of Woodbridge Winery.
As unemployment levels in San Joaquin County have risen in
recent years, so has the Food Bank’s role as a community provider,
serving more than 4,000 people each month. Founded in 1968, the
Food Bank has helped local families receive food and fill their
pantries when they don’t have the economic means to regularly do so
themselves. Employees at the Food Bank have seen the line outside
grow by over 30 percent in the last five years, mainly due to
circumstantial factors having to do with the national economic
crisis.
The June 2011 opening of the Food Bank’s Nutrition Education
Center also provided unfortunate insight into the hunger levels of
the local community. Many of the children who visit the Nutrition
Center have never tasted fruits like strawberries and watermelon
before. The Center helps to teach the community about making smart
and balanced eating choices. By providing access to these kinds of
fresh options, the Food Bank hopes that these children will be more
likely to make more nutritious choices in the future.
“While all forms of help are welcome, we see the most value in
the partnerships that are created with local businesses,” said
Yvonne Derby, Food/Resource Development Manager at the Stockton
Emergency Food Bank. “In today’s economic environment, we’re not
simply aiming to collect money or food, but also for our partners
to see the difference their contributions can make in the
communities they serve.”
About Constellation Brands
Constellation Brands is the world’s leading premium wine company
that achieves success through an unmatched knowledge of wine
consumers, storied brands that suit varied lives and tastes, and
talented employees worldwide. With a broad portfolio of widely
admired premium products across the wine, beer and spirits
categories, Constellation’s brand portfolio includes Robert
Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Blackstone, Arbor Mist, Estancia,
Ravenswood, Ruffino, Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Kim Crawford,
Corona Extra, Black Velvet Canadian Whisky and SVEDKA Vodka.
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ and STZ.B) is a S&P 500 Index
and Fortune 1000® company with more than 100 brands in our
portfolio, sales in about 100 countries and operations in
approximately 30 facilities. The company believes that industry
leadership involves a commitment to our brands, to the trade, to
the land, to investors and to different people around the world who
turn to our products when celebrating big moments or enjoying quiet
ones. We express this commitment through our vision: to elevate
life with every glass raised. To learn more about Constellation,
visit the company's website at www.cbrands.com.
About the Stockton Emergency Food Bank
The Emergency Food Bank and Family Services, founded in 1968, is
the largest direct provider of packaged emergency food in San
Joaquin County. Over one thousand people a day are served healthy
food from Emergency Food Bank services. Almost five million pounds
of food is distributed each year from the main location and over 13
pantries in Stockton and San Joaquin County. The organization
emphasizes health, nutrition, food economics and education. For
more information, visit www.stocktonfoodbank.org.
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