This past holiday season, the Meijer Simply Give program set a holiday record with $2.4 million for food pantries throughout the Midwest. We cannot thank our customers, team members and food pantry partners enough for helping us achieve the most successful holiday campaign in our program’s history.
During each Simply Give campaign, customers are encouraged to purchase a $10 Simply Give donation card upon checkout. Once purchased, the donation is converted into a Meijer Food-Only Gift Card and donated directly to the local food pantry selected by the store for that campaign.
Meijer customers donated more than $936,000 during the holiday Simply Give campaign, and combined with a donation from Meijer, set the donation total to more than $2.4 million. Since the program began in 2008, the Simply Give program has generated more than $21 million for food pantry partners to restock their shelves and feed hungry families.
“Hunger is a problem that occurs in all of our communities, which is why the funds generated from Simply Give stay local,” Co-Chairman Hank Meijer said. “The Simply Give program gives everyone a chance to work toward ensuring no one has to go without food.”
For more information about the Simply Give program, and other Meijer hunger relief efforts, click here.