Friday, May 9, 2008

Business Community Supports Columbus CROP Hunger Walk


The Mid-Ohio Food Bank distributes enough food to provide 40,000 meals every day. The Mid-Ohio Food Bank distributed 30.3 million pounds of food and other grocery products in 2006.

The 29th Annual Columbus CROP Walk was held on October 14, 2008, and was a huge success. Hundreds of people from over 70 churches, schools and civic groups walked in downtown Columbus and historic German Village to help end hunger here in central Ohio and around the world.

The Columbus CROP Committee would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their support of the CROP Hunger Walk. The Columbus CROP Hunger Walk would not have been a success without their support.

Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Blooms Direct
Charley’s Grilled Subs
Cheryl & Company
Columbus Museum of Art
COSI
Donatos
Fruit Grower’s Marketing Assoc. – Ohio Apples
Giant Eagle
Frank & Marty Huffman
Joseph Mercurio Produce Corp.
Kellogg’s Snacks - Keebler Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Live Technologies
Macaluso Fruit Co.
Max and Erma’s
McDonald’s
Meijer
Mid-Ohio FoodBank
Parking Co. of America
Paul Peterson Company
Pepperidge Farm
Rent-a-John
The Refectory
White Castle

A special thanks goes out to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for their continual support of the Columbus CROP Hunger Walk.

Since 1980, the Mid-Ohio Food Bank has provided more than 368 million pounds of food and other grocery products for hungry people in our community. Mid-Ohio Food Bank keeps the food shelves stocked for a network of more than 550 emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, senior dining centers, day care and other after-school enrichment programs.

The Mid-Ohio Food Bank distributes more than 2 million pounds of groceries every month, enough to provide 40,000 meals every day.

For more information check out their website at www.midohiofoodbank.org.