ADM Donates $1 Million to Help Feed Families around the World
Holiday gift will provide more than 1.5 million meals
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced a donation of
$1 million to the international hunger-relief organization Feed The
Children. The gift was made through the company′s ADM Cares program and
will provide food and essentials to children and families in the United
States and around the world.
'Through ADM Cares, we work to make a positive difference in our
communities around the world,? said Victoria Podesta, vice president and
chief communications officer. 'We are pleased to make this donation on
behalf of our 29,000 colleagues to help families in need this holiday
season.?
Since 1993, ADM has partnered with Feed The Children to support those in
need. This year, ADM′s holiday donation of $1 million includes $500,000
for Feed The Children′s domestic efforts, including the Americans
Feeding Americans Caravan, which will provide food and essentials to
200,000 children and families in the U.S.; and $500,000 to help feed
200,000 children in Feed The Children′s international feeding programs
during the week of December 20. ADM′s donation will supply more than 1.5
million meals.
ADM
Cares is a corporate social-investment program that directs up to
one percent of ADM′s pretax profits to initiatives and organizations
that drive meaningful social, economic and environmental progress
worldwide. The program comprises three distinct areas of focus:
supporting the responsible development of agriculture, improving the
quality of life in ADM communities and fostering employee giving and
volunteer activities.
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the
10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private,
non-government support. Feed The Children is an international, nonprofit
relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that
delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals,
children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war,
poverty or natural disasters. In fiscal year 2009, Feed The Children
distributed more than 111 million pounds of food and other essentials to
children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. Since
its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in
119 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.
About ADM
Every day, the 29,000 people of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:
ADM) turn crops into renewable products that meet the demands of a
growing world. At more than 240 processing plants, we convert corn,
oilseeds, wheat and cocoa into products for food, animal feed, chemical
and energy uses. We operate the world′s premier crop origination and
transportation network, connecting crops and markets in more than 60
countries. Our global headquarters is in Decatur, Illinois, and our net
sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, were $62 billion. For
more information about our Company and our products, visit www.adm.com.
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