Some of the hunger relief highlights from the 2010/11 reporting period include the following:
- Our Romanian processing company’s “Food for Souls” program provides fresh meats and hot meals to disadvantaged citizens of Timisoara and the surrounding area. Since the program’s 2009 launch, we have partnered with more than a dozen local charities to feed more than 15,000 people in need.
- In 2010, our Romanian distribution company began expanding the initiative into a national hunger relief program. By the end of the year, the program was fully implemented at four facilities. We plan to implement the program at all 13 Agroalim facilities by the end of 2011. Over the past year, Agroalim has donated roughly 8,000 kilograms (17,636 pounds) of meats and food products to charitable organizations.
- In December 2010, employees from our Romanian hog raising company provided Christmas food baskets and basic foods to 300 local families in six villages.
In the summer of 2010, southern Poland suffered the most destructive flood seen in generations. Heavy rains raised the Vistula River to its highest level in 160 years, flooding an area that accounts for about a third of Polish gross domestic product and 40 percent of industrial output. The floods killed 15 people, left thousands homeless, and destroyed 680,000 hectares of farmland. Animex donated over 10 tons (30,000 servings) of canned meat to people affected by the floods and to organizations that serve them.
- Our Polish processing company supports school lunch campaigns in a number of districts and donates meat products to help our communities. In 2010, our processing plants delivered $72,350 worth of food products and an additional $28,000 in cash contributions to provide meals to local children in need.
- Our Polish farming operations donated $25,000 to provide food through local schools to less fortunate children in local communities.
