Bringing Hope To The Table

Bringing Hope To The Table

An Ascension / Pan American
Food and Volunteer Drive Helping Communities in California & Arizona

As part of Ascension’s annual company charitable effort, and to celebrate its 70th anniversary year, the Pan American business unit is holding a food and volunteer drive: “Bringing Hope To The Table” from July 1st to October 1st.

Working with clients and partners towards a shared goal in regional groups, Pan American team members are competing in a friendly competition to determine which team can donate the most volunteer hours, food and cash to local food bank partners.

Our goal? To help the people in our neighborhoods and in our everyday lives by investing in our community’s health and well-being. Visit this page for frequent updates on our progress!

Total Donations So Far


2100
lbs.

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Food Donated

133
hrs.

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Hours Donated

$6200

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Cash Donated

Our Volunteers


Ascension Employees' Son, Kai, Raising Money for the Campaign!

Walnut Creek, CA

September 10, 2016

Kai's Lemonade Stand Sign

Walnut Creek, CA

September 10, 2016

Pasadena Office with their Donations

Pasadena, CA

September 9, 2016

Kimberly Ross and Nestor Aldaco volunteering with The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Scott Dunn, Pan American

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Nestor Aldaco, Pan American

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Pan Am alongside The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Jane Parker, Noontime Rotary

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Ruben Escobedo, Noontime Rotary

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

Jason Diani, Noontime Rotary President

Santa Maria, CA

August 24th, 2016

All Smiles with Accomplishment

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

5000 lbs – Produce Sorted by NorCal

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Fresh Start - Team NorCal

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Sac Box – O yeah I think Sacramento for Team NorCal needs another box too

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Alexandria (Stkn) – Alexandria Cashara & Raquel Castro

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Sean Castro (Stkn)– Raquel’s Husband

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Kelly (Sac) – Kelly Verduzco & Boyfriend Jason

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Julissa (Sac) – Julissa Ozier with Husband Patrick, Kids Jordan & Amelie

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Crystal (Stkn) – Crystal Gonzalez with Siblings Alex & Jenn

Fairfield, CA

August 13th, 2016

Raquel Castro presenting Second Harvest with a $200 check for Team NorCal

Stockton, CA

August 12th, 2016

Team NorCal might need a bigger donation box!

Stockton Office, CA

August 11th, 2016

Paul Tamburri, Margarita Cervantes’ husband, Margarita, Kevin McCarroll, Jamie Linden, Lee Paige, Lee’s wife Laura

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Kevin McCarroll

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Jamie Linden and Hugo Cervantes

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Margarita Cervantes

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Paul Tamburri

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Laura Paige (Lee's wife)

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 28th, 2016

Jenn Spoon, Jill Allen, Linnea Elder, Jeane Wechsler, Emily Nino, Kate Rager, Stephanie Reilly

Walnut Creek Office, CA

July 19th, 2016

Steve Chavez, husband of Elizabeth Corona

Stockton Office, CA

July 14th, 2016

Getting In The Spirit!

Sacramento Office top, Stockton office bottom

July 13th, 2016

FAQs


What's the campaign goal?

Since we’re commemorating 70 years of Pan American’s health and prosperity, we’re aiming for, at minimum, 70 points per every Pan American team member:

  • 1 hour of time volunteered at a Feeding America partner food bank = 20 points
  • $1 cash donation = 10 points
  • 1lb of donated food = 5 points

Which foodbanks will you be working with?

Our food bank partners are all part of the Feeding America network. Scroll up this page to see a full list of the local food banks we’re working with.

I'm an Ascension client. Can I participate?

Any client and carrier/wholesaler partners interested in supporting the campaign are encouraged to reach out to us at xxxxxxx.

What foods are needed most for donations?

Some general guidelines:

  • Only donate items that you would eat.
  • Check that items are still within their “Use before” date.
  • Avoid glass items, which can break.
  • Check with your local food bank on perishable items like dairy, meat, chicken, fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
  • Food banks can only accept unopened items. They can accept opened packages if the internal packaging is still intact.
  • Tuna, canned meat
  • Peanut butter
  • Soup, chili
  • Beans
  • Cereal
  • Canned fruit and vegetables
  • Whole grain rice, pasta & oats

No glass or perishable items, please!