In coordination with Feeding America, our long-time hunger relief partner in the United States, we mobilized Smithfield team members from across the company to deliver 17 million pounds of protein, the equivalent of 69 million servings, to food banks across the United States. Our Helping Hungry Homes initiative, founded in 2008, was at the heart of our efforts to help them stay afloat.Īmid business closures and sharply rising unemployment at the onset and throughout the pandemic, America’s food banks, which provide essential meals to millions of people even in prosperous times, were in urgent need. The year 2020 presented our communities with unprecedented health and economic challenges. In 2020, we quantified our commitment in our new goal: to fight food insecurity in the United States by donating 100 million servings of protein through our Helping Hungry Homes initiative by 2025. We have a responsibility to help our neighbors navigate challenging times by alleviating hunger. and Canada Harvest Home, a Los Angeles-based organization aiding pregnant homeless women CAMFED, a pan-African girls' education nonprofit and the Myna Mahila Foundation, which works to address women's health needs in India.As a global protein company, hunger relief is the cornerstone of our social purpose and a significant focus of our community efforts. Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this very special time for our family," they wrote.Īnd, for anyone so inclined to send the parents a newborn gift, they have asked for donations to these selected charities instead: Girls Inc., which serves girls ages 5-18 in more than 350 cities across the U.S. She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we’ve felt from across the globe. "On June 4 th, we were blessed with the arrival of our daughter, Lili. In addition to their official statement announcing Lilibet's birth, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a more personal note through their foundation, Archewell. (First there was the fallout from the Oprah interview in March, and then Prince Philip's death almost exactly a month later.) The newborn also undoubtedly provides a much-needed bright spot of joy at the halfway mark of a difficult year for both Windsor family and firm.
Joining big brother Archie, who is now 2, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, named in honor of both her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth (Lilibet was her childhood nickname) and late grandmother Princess Diana, now completes this carefree California family.
Baby girl Sussex has finally made her debut, entering the world just before noon on Friday, June 4th-her parents announced the news two days later. Among the few positive revelations from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's explosive tell-all interview with Oprah earlier this year was the news that the couple were expecting their second child this summer.
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