Community Bonds Create Powerful Force Against Hunger in El Paso
Community Bonds Create Powerful Force Against Hunger in El Paso
- The El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank is collaborating with Marathon Petroleum Corporation's El Paso, Texas, refinery to meet growing demand for food assistance.
- Since 2021, the number of families accessing monthly food distributions at the refinery has increased eightfold.
- Along with continuing distribution efforts in 2024, the refinery has renewed financial support for the food bank with a $75,000 grant and will assist with its annual fundraising gala.
- 埃尔帕索人抗击饥饿食物银行正在与马拉松石油公司的德克萨斯州埃尔帕索炼油厂合作，以满足不断增长的粮食援助需求。
- 自2021年以来，在炼油厂获得每月食物分发的家庭数量增加了八倍。
- 除了在2024年继续开展配送工作外，该炼油厂还向食品银行提供了7.5万美元的补助金，并将为其年度筹款晚会提供协助。
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / Gasoline and other essential energy products are routinely delivered from Marathon Petroleum Corporation's (MPC) El Paso, Texas, refinery to meet critical needs. On the last Friday of every month, the site makes an additional crucial delivery. Employee volunteers conduct drive-through food distributions in a refinery parking lot for people in need, dispensing the food from an 18-wheeler's refrigerated trailer.
马萨诸塞州北安普敦/ACCESSWIRE/2024年5月21日/ 汽油和其他必需能源产品通常从德克萨斯州马拉松石油公司（MPC）的埃尔帕索炼油厂交付，以满足关键需求。在每个月的最后一个星期五，该网站都会进行额外的关键交付。员工志愿者在炼油厂停车场为有需要的人分发食物，从 18 轮车的冷藏拖车中分发食物。
"We are in our fourth year of monthly distributions with the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank and the only local company that conducts distributions from our own facility," said MPC Principal Corporate Social Responsibility & Community Relations Representative V.J. Smith.
货币政策委员会首席企业社会责任和社区关系代表V.J. Smith表示：“我们在El Pasoans抗击饥饿食品银行进行月度分发已进入第四年，也是唯一一家在我们自己的设施进行分发的本地公司。”
Since these events began in 2021, demand for assistance has grown eightfold from an average of 50 families a month to roughly 400. This volume requires the food bank to rely on the 18-wheeler, which the refinery purchased for the organization a few years ago to transport food in the local area. Help from refinery employees with the monthly distributions has remained steady. About 20 employee volunteers each month unload, sort and carry food to the lines of vehicles that form.
自2021年这些活动开始以来，援助需求增长了八倍，从平均每月50个家庭增加到大约400个。这一数量要求食物银行依靠18轮车，炼油厂几年前为该组织购买了这辆18轮车来在当地运输食物。炼油厂员工对月度分配的帮助一直保持稳定。每月大约有20名员工志愿者将食物卸下、分拣并运送到形成的车辆队伍中。
"Most of our workforce is from El Paso and raising families here, so they care deeply about the city," Smith said. "Their passion drives our community investment."
史密斯说：“我们的大多数员工来自埃尔帕索，在这里抚养家庭，因此他们非常关心这座城市。”“他们的激情推动了我们的社区投资。”
On top of continuing food distributions in 2024, the refinery is providing the food bank with a $75,000 grant, marking the sixth consecutive year it has provided direct financial support. Later this year, MPC plans to help the food bank with its annual fundraising gala after serving as the title sponsor of the 2023 Noche de Estrellas event, which raised $183,370. This event was a reverse gala, meaning community VIPs and gala sponsors worked as servers and treated food bank clients to gourmet dining.
除了在2024年继续分发粮食外，该炼油厂还向食品银行提供了7.5万美元的补助金，这是其连续第六年提供直接财政支持。今年晚些时候，货币政策委员会在担任2023年星之夜活动的冠名赞助商后，计划帮助该食品银行举办年度筹款晚会，该活动筹集了183,370美元。本次活动是一场反向晚会，这意味着社区贵宾和晚会赞助商充当服务员，为食物银行的客户提供美味佳肴。
"Marathon Petroleum Corporation has consistently demonstrated unparalleled commitment to our mission," said El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank CEO Susan Goodell. "Their renewed support this year, both through generous grants and active participation in our gala, shows their dedication to our community. We're immensely grateful for Marathon's partnership, which truly makes them an amazing ally in our fight against hunger."
埃尔帕索安抗击饥饿食品银行首席执行官苏珊·古德尔说：“马拉松石油公司一直对我们的使命表现出无与伦比的承诺。”“他们今年通过慷慨的赠款和积极参与我们的晚会再次提供支持，这表明了他们对我们社区的奉献精神。我们非常感谢马拉松的合作，这确实使他们成为我们抗击饥饿的绝佳盟友。”
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