The international logistics company's efforts support families in need over the holidays
Gebrüder Weiss, a 500-year-old international transport and logistics company, announced an expanded effort to provide meals to local residents for the 2023 holiday season. The company matched employee donations to support families near its North American headquarters in Wood Dale, Illinois, and raised funds that provided 200 meals to 30 families over Thanksgiving. Additional fundraising is underway to provide meals to more families in need for the December holidays. Gebrüder Weiss employee volunteers also banded together to assemble meal packages at Feed My Starving Children’s MobilePackTM events, which provide hand-packed, nutritious MannaPack® meals designed to prevent undernutrition.
"Gebrüder Weiss is a family-owned organization, and we saw this sense of family translate into enthusiastic participation in our company match for employee donations and in-person volunteer efforts to support families in our community," said Mark McCullough, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss USA. "This is our seventh annual charitable program for the holiday season, and we're proud to continue this important tradition."
Bleuroot, a local West Dundee, Illinois restaurant known for its wholesome menu, partnered with Gebrüder Weiss for the third year in a row to prepare the meals and deliver them to recipients' homes. The local Home Depot donated a poinsettia for each family, which was provided with a Thanksgiving meal. Additional community participants joined in to enhance the fundraising efforts. The Goddard School in Elgin, Illinois encouraged parents to donate if they were able, and the school provided a $500 donation that allowed Gebrüder Weiss to drop off additional meals at West Dundee fire and police departments, a Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter, and a PADS shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
To date, Gebrüder Weiss was able to more than triple the number of meals provided year-over-year, from 62 in 2022 to 200 so far in 2023. With its ongoing fundraising efforts, company match, and community partner support, the number of donated meals will continue to grow throughout the season.
