Disney is donating one and a half million dollars to Feeding America, an organization that serves more than 12-million children each year. Feeding America supports food banks nationwide that provide nutritious foods to kids after school. Cathy Isom has the details on the major donation by Disney that will help bring healthy food to communities nationwide.
Disney Donation
From: Feeding America website
Disney Magic of Healthy Living has teamed up with Feeding America to bring much-needed food, including fruits and vegetables, to families in need. Disney and its family of companies, including ABC, provided a $1M donation to Feeding America to support food banks nationwide that provide nutritious food–such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy and lean proteins—to kids after school.
As part of this commitment, Disney support enabled Feeding America to distribute grants to 60 member food banks to support programs for their local communities such as: School Pantry Program, BackPack Program, Kids Cafe Program and the Mobile Food Pantry Program.