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Ameriprise Financial Hosts National Volunteer Event to Help Feed Kids and Families Struggling with HungerAmeriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) employees, advisors and clients are joining forces to help the 49 million Americans, including 16 million children and 5.3 million seniors, who face hunger in the U.S. On June 19, more than 4,000 Ameriprise volunteers will spend time packaging and preparing meals at 200 hunger-relief nonprofits from coast-to-coast. The events, organized by Ameriprise in partnership with Feeding America®, are part of two nationwide service days, which bring together nearly 15,000 volunteers to help end hunger. "The summer months can be difficult for kids who don't have access to the food they receive through school breakfast and lunch programs," said Brian Pietsch, head of community relations at Ameriprise. "When school ends so does the certainty of where their next meal is coming from and the reality is that many kids are struggling with hunger. We hope that by bringing our employees, advisors and clients together - all rallying behind this worthy cause - we can help families gain access to nutritious meals that bridge the gap over the summer."
Ameriprise Grant Program Driven by Employee and Advisor Nonprofit
Engagement Ameriprise develops strong relationships with the nonprofits it supports by providing grants to organizations that its employees and advisors are deeply committed to through volunteerism, board service and monetary donations. As part of its commitment to meeting basic needs, the company also has a particular focus on helping solve domestic hunger. Some of the recent grant recipients include:
Ameriprise funds grans to nonprofits twice annually. Grant guidelines are available on ameriprise.com.
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About Ameriprise Financial © 2015 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. All rights reserved. Grants Awarded: First Cycle 2015 Meeting Basic Needs - 39 grants: AccessAbility, Inc.; Aeon; American Indian OIC, Inc.; Birmingham AIDS Outreach Inc.; Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia; Casa Central; Catholic Charities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis; Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada; CommonBond Communities; Community FoodBank, Inc.; Community Servings; Desert Mission; Family Scholar House, Inc.; Feeding America Southwest Virginia; Feeding South Florida; Foodbank of Santa Barbara County; Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan; House of Hope Community Development Corporation; Human Solutions; Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; Meals on Wheels and More Inc.; Minnie's Food Pantry; Northern Illinois Food Bank; People Serving People Charities Inc.; Prepare + Prosper; Rebuilding Together Twin (News - Alert) Cities; Redwood Empire Food Bank; RESOURCE, Inc.; Rosie's Place; Saint Paul Area Council of Churches; Sarasota Family Young Men's Christian Association, Inc.; Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee; Simpson Housing Services; The Aliveness Project; The Greater Boston Food Bank; The Junior League of Minneapolis Inc.; Twin Cities RISE!; Women's Resource Center of Greensboro; Wounded Warrior Project Supporting Community Vitality (News - Alert) - 26 grants: Carnegie Hall; Children's Theatre Company; GiveMN; Guthrie Theater; Hands on Twin Cities; Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc.; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Mattie Rhodes Center; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Minnesota Orchestral Association; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorale of Montgomery County, Inc.; Pillsbury United Communities; Portland Youth Philharmonic Association; Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP); Stages Theatre Company; Steppenwolf Theatre Company; The Florida Orchestra, Inc.; The Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Southern Theater; Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Urban Gateways; Walker Art Center; Weisman Art Museum (WAM), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus; Women's Economic Ventures; WomenVenture Volunteer-drive Causes - 7 grants: BestPrep; Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery; Junior Achievement of Central Ohio; Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc. in Brown County; Special Olympics Minnesota; Susan G. Komen Minnesota; Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
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