`Golfing for a Good Cause': Sodexho Marriott Services Raises $23,000 For Feeding Our Future in San Francisco.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000 Employees from Sodexho Marriott Services helped raise $23,000 in a charity golf tournament on June 5, 2000. The proceeds will directly benefit the company's Feeding Our Future program in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , which feeds needy children who would otherwise go hungry in the summer. Sodexho Marriott's Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. division among other Marriott companies organized the 6th annual Marriott Companies Golf Tournament. "We were fortunate enough to have 280 golfers and 100 volunteers--including over 20 Sodexho Marriott employees--come out to donate their time to this worthy cause," said Art Taketa, District Manager, Sodexho Marriott Services. "I commend the efforts of our employees in San Francisco who have made this year's Feeding Our Future program a reality and success for needy children," remarked Michel Landel, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Sodexho Marriott. "Only 8.6% of California children who participate in the National School Lunch Program receive summer food service. We will provide 8000 meals to San Francisco children in our effort to fight hunger Fight Hunger is a global initiative, based in Rome, Italy [1], calling for the end of child hunger by 2015 [2]. It is organised by the World Food Programme and its partners, and comprises different activities throughout the year. ." The check will be presented to Feeding Our Future on July 6, 2000 at the "Freedom from Hunger Established in 1946, Freedom from Hunger is recognized for fighting hunger with innovative self-help programs. An international development organization working in seventeen countries across the globe, Freedom from Hunger is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, nonsectarian organization Food Drive," benefiting the San Francisco Food Bank. Feeding Our Future, Sodexho Marriott Services' summer feeding program, is designed to provide nutritious meals to school-aged children who normally rely on free and reduced-price lunches during the school year. Feeding Our Future is in its third year, and supports feeding programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Fort Worth, Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., Fort Lauderdale, Philadelphia, New York Philadelphia, New York may refer to:
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. (NYSE-SDH) is the largest provider of outsourced food and facilities management in North America, with $4.5 billion in annual sales. Sodexho Marriott Services offers a variety of innovative outsourcing solutions, including food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and , housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset and materials management, and laundry to the corporate, government, health care, education and remote site markets. The Company is the 57th largest employer in North America with 103,000 employees and its headquarters is located at 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. |
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