Living Our Principles: Philanthropy
For the 13th year, Farmer John has partnered with the Los Angeles Dodgers to help those in need. During the 2006 season, the Farmer John Saves Campaign helped raise funds for the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Cancer Research Foundation. Each time a Dodgers relief pitcher entered the game and recorded a “save,” Farmer John donated $500 to UCLA Children’s Hospital Cancer Research Foundation.
The Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA is located in Westwood. The UCLA Children’s Hospital Cancer Research Foundation helps to support cancer research at UCLA. The main goal of the Foundation is to help researchers at UCLA study the causes of cancer and find potential cures to treat children with cancer and blood diseases. In 2008, Farmer John gave $16,500 to the Mattel Children's Hospital Cancer Research Foundation. In total, Farmer John has donated more than $253,000 to noteworthy charities throughout Southern California during the past 13 Dodger baseball seasons.
As part of our commitment to health and wellness, Hormel Foods partnered for the second consecutive year with Hy-Vee Stores to sponsor the 2008 Hy-Vee Triathlon in Des Hoines, IA. In support of the company's philanthropic goal to help relieve hunger, the Hormel Foods Austin Triathlon Force (ATF) collected donations from friends and family as a gesture of pledged support for their competitive efforts, raising more than $1,700 to support The Channel One Food Bank of Olmsted County.
More than eight times as many employees participated in 2008 compared to 2007, with 24 individuals participating in the swim, bike and run portions of the event.
View our 2008 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report for additional stories about how we are living our principles.