The PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC Charitable Foundation has donated $500, 000 to help Feeding America. Their goal is to improve youth education by helping children not to fall behind in their studies due to malnutrition. The PwC Foundation has given more than $1 million for three years in a row.
The joint effort works throughout the United States in different ways to help the fourteen million children who live in poverty in the United States.
The programs include:
Afterschool Snack Program and Kids Cafe. Thes programs gave nutritious meals and snacks to over 124,000 children last year alone.
The School Pantry Program. This program operates at 12 food banks throughout the country and also operates the BackPack Program and the Summer Food Service Program which supplement the National School Lunch Program.
According to Mary Ann Cloyd, president of the PwC Charitable Foundation, The PwC Charitable Foundation has been there for PwC families in times of need. Through these donations to Feeding America, we are expanding our scope to help thousands of children by providing them with healthy, nutritious meals to fight youth hunger, Mary Ann Cloyd explained.