Hike2
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As a Pledge 1% member, HIKE2 finds a variety of ways to give back throughout the year, but we’re dedicating the month of November and GivingTuesday to Ronald McDonald House Charities, a nonprofit organization who creates programs and services that give families with sick children more tools to cope.
As part of our annual Innovation Summit conference which took place earlier this month, we accepted donations from attendees, collecting household pantry donations such as paper towels, trash bags, and canned goods in order to support families in the Pittsburgh area. Those in attendance at the Innovation Summit also had the opportunity to create handmade cards to be delivered with the donations.
Our team at HIKE2 also wanted to be sure that putting on an event such as this would not generate excess waste, so we also partnered with 412 Food Rescue. According to the organization, 40% of food that is produced ends up being wasted, despite the fact that 1 in 7 people goes hungry every day. On top of that, food waste generates the most toxic greenhouse gas in landfills. We prevented perfectly good food from going to waste by coordinating with 412 Food Rescue to pick up any of the leftover catered food at the end of each day of the event.
“We were so happy to find 412 Food Rescue to get the extra food from our conference to those in need. Instead of throwing it all in the trash, children in the area had food waiting for them when they got home from school that day,” explained Kimberly Chickini, Business Operations Support at HIKE2.
“We really appreciate all of our attendees and employees who have helped with our support of our local Ronald McDonald House Charities this month,” said HIKE2 Principal Amanda Wodzenski. It has been a foundational element of our company to give back to our community and support our employees to be a force for good. We couldn’t be more proud of the whole team.”
