STOP Hunger - A Sodexo Initiative
As part of our commitment to corporate social responsibility, our STOP Hunger program mobilizes Sodexo employees to join forces and engage with local partners to fight hunger.
Sodexo's hunger-related initiatives fall under the banner of the STOP Hunger program. S-T-O-P stands for Sodexo Teams Our People, because it is truly a company-wide effort.
Sodexo employees rally to the cause, holding fundraisers; donating their time, resources, and expertise; and encouraging clients and customers to help end childhood hunger by supporting many of our programs and partners including:
- Feeding Our Future - a summer lunch program where Sodexo partners with community hunger relief organizations to provide free lunches to children in need. This program donates the food necessary to provide summer lunches to children who would otherwise go hungry.
- Servathon - Sodexo sets aside the month of April for its employees globally to join forces to fight hunger in their communities. Employees gain gratifying experiences while developing important teambuilding skills. Servathon activities include: fundraisers, food drives, volunteering at food banks, donating surplus food, and payroll deductions
- Food Donations - Sodexo donates surplus perishable and non-perishable food to Feeding America members and other local food banks across the country. All of our accounts are encouraged to "recycle" surplus food by donating to local food banks.
- Backpack Food Program - a program of local food banks that Sodexo supports to provide backpacks filled with nutritious, easy-to-prepare, non-perishable food for students who are at-risk of hunger when free or reduced-price school lunches are not available. Backpacks are discreetly distributed to deserving students in easily accessible and safe environments on the last day prior to a weekend or holiday vacation
- The Campus Kitchens Project - a national community service organization that works with students to share on-campus kitchen space, to recover food from cafeterias, and engage students as volunteers who prepare and deliver meals to the community.
Sodexo Foundation
In 1999 Sodexo Foundation was created, a not-for-profit organization committed to ending childhood hunger in America. Sodexo Foundation works to ensure that every child in the United States, especially those most at-risk, grows up with dependable access to enough nutritious food to enable them to lead a healthy, productive life. Sodexo, Inc. funds all administrative costs for Sodexo Foundation to ensure that all money raised is directed to those in need. Since its inception, the Foundation has made more than $17 million in grants to end childhood hunger in America.
Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships - a program that recognizes students who are driving awareness and mobilizing youth to be catalysts for innovative models that provide solutions to eliminate hunger in America. Scholarship recipients receive a $5,000 scholarship as well as matching grant for their hunger-related charity.
Heroes of Everyday Life® - Sodexo recognizes employees who have invested time, talent, and service spirit to help those at risk of hunger. Award recipients are honored at the Sodexo Foundation Dinner and receive $5,000 for their hunger-related charity of choice.
Sodexo Foundation also provides scholarships to students with financial need and a demonstrated commitment to fighting childhood hunger through the United Negro College Fund, Hispanic College Fund and Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund.
