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FEATURED CORPORATION: METAVANTE
Metavante Rising Professionals' First Annual Food Drive a Huge Success
Metavante Rising Professionals, the leadership development and young professionals organization at Metavante Corporation, announced on August 8, 2008, that the group’s first annual Rising Professionals Food Drive collected over 4.9 tons of food for the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Inc. The group far exceeded their initial goal of collecting one ton of food.
Metavante employees not only donated non-perishable food items, but also $2,300 in monetary donations. The proceeds will support the operation of Milwaukee and Madison-area food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters.
"We sincerely appreciate all of the generous donations from employees," said Mason Tikkanen, Metavante Rising Professionals president. "This tremendous success will assist our local community with the greatest goal of all: preventing and alleviating hunger."
To help raise food and monetary donations, many Metavante departments held friendly inter-team competitions, or fundraisers such as ice cream socials. Some teams collected money for a visit to Sam's Club for bulk food purchases, while one team even collected donations for entry into a drawing to win Milwaukee Bucks basketball tickets, as well as a chance to tour the Bucks' locker room.
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Members of the Metavante Rising Professionals toured the Hunger Task Force facilities in July 2008. In the sorting room, where all donated food is sorted into specific categories for storage, Rising Professionals Gabrielle Rabon-Ricks, Jennifer Doolin, Alex Franco, and Lauren Falk show off the type of donations the Hunger Task Force relies on to feed the hungry.
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"A special thank you to those teams that really stepped up their efforts to collect food donations and raise money, helping Metavante far exceed our goal of one ton of food," said Alex Franco, Metavante Rising Professionals vice president. "This is a great example of how we can get involved in the community and have little fun in the workplace."
The Hunger Task Force is one of a handful of food banks within the Milwaukee area that does not charge for their food. They therefore rely on local companies, such as Metavante, for donations.
To further support the efforts of the Hunger Task Force, the Metavante Rising Professionals plans to participate in future community service events with the organization. "We received great participation from Metavante employees with the food drive, and we look forward to working on another event with the Hunger Task Force,” added Lauren Falk, Metavante Rising Professionals community service co-chair.
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