What:
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, a member of the Feeding America network of food banks across the country, will join The Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation (DDBRCF)’s second annual National Week of Service, August 3-7. Approximately 70 events have been planned nationwide.
Approximately 60 employees from local Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants will volunteer on site at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana for The DDBRCF’s Day of Service in Indianapolis.
When:
Thursday, August 6 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
A $20,000 check presentation will take place at 12:45 p.m.
Where:
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana
3737 Waldemere Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46241
Media check in:
Media can check in at the front desk. All attendees must wear closed toed shoes to be allowed in the warehouse.
About Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.
On a yearly basis, hundreds of thousands of hungry Hoosiers depend on food and other critical grocery products provided by Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Gleaners supplies items to hunger relief agencies and schools throughout 21 counties in Central and Southeast Indiana. Gleaners was founded in 1980 and is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. Since its inception, Gleaners has distributed more than 320 million pounds of food and critical grocery products to more than 230 hunger relief agencies serving needy Hoosiers. In addition to food distribution to hunger relief agencies, Gleaners serves our most vulnerable populations, seniors and children, through specialty programs such as the Commodity Supplemental Food (CSFP) Program, BackSacks: Weekend Food for Kids, School-Based Food PantriesI’ve hi and the Summer Meals for Kids Program. In Gleaners’ 21-county service area, more than 260,000 struggle with hunger and food insecurity—and 97,000 of them are children. To learn more, please visit Gleaners.org.
About The Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation
The mission of The Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation is to serve its neighborhoods by taking care of their basic needs: hunger, children’s health and safety. The DDBRCF brings together a wide network of stakeholders, including franchisees, crew members and employees to serve their local communities. Launched in 2006, The DDBRCF has granted more than $8,000,000 to local charities.
About Dunkin’ Donuts
Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts is America’s favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods. Dunkin’ Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin’ Donuts has earned the No. 1 ranking for customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for nine years running. The company has more than 11,300 restaurants in 37 countries worldwide. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin’ Donuts is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies. For more information, please visit DunkinDonuts.com.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Courtney Stiehl | Bohlsen Group
cstiehl@bohlsengroup.com
317-602-7137
