Dole Packaged Foods
Impact Area
Commitment
3 year commitment
Dole Packaged Foods’ Commitment
Dole Packaged Foods will work with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) to increase access for up to 12 million people to fresh vegetables and fruits and other healthy food through innovative, portable refrigeration units that allow for sale of produce and other healthful foods.
Dole Packaged Foods will pilot refrigerated kiosks in up to four Boys and Girls Clubs in Jackson, Mississippi during the first year then begin to scale in years 2 and 3, with the eventual goal of reaching 3 million children and 12 million people each day through 5,000 existing BGCA locations.
Dole Packaged Foods’ commitment will support PHA’s goal of adding 100 million additional servings of vegetables, fruits, and beans to the marketplace by 2025, which was announced alongside the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on September 28, 2022.
About Dole Packaged Foods
Dole Packaged Foods launched Sunshine For All ® Cities (SFAC), a multi-faceted pilot program, in Jackson, MS. SFAC’s purpose is to help communities improve access to nutritious food, while providing nutrition education and hands-on cooking and meal planning experience to kids from 7–17 in an effort to break the generational spiral. Visit www.dolesunshine.com to learn more.
3 million children The Dole® Sunshine for All® Cities GOOD STUFF Kiosk program will reach 3 million children and 12 million people each day through 5,000 existing Boys and Girls Clubs of America locations.
Our Work In Motion
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White House Hunger Conference: PHA Teams up with Leading Companies to add 100 Million Servings of Produce to the Marketplace
Dole Packaged Foods, Instacart, International Fresh Produce Association, KinderCare Learning Companies, and the National Automatic Merchandising Association commit to increasing access to vegetables and fruits with PHA.
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Creating Affordable Access to Good Food Requires New Thinking
PHA consistently approaches the work we do with continuous improvement in mind. Because we know that “the way it’s always been done” isn’t good enough. It has led to the poor health outcomes so many Americans are facing today. Here are just a few of the ways that we’re working to innovate the food system and remove barriers to health-building foods.
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Dole® Sunshine for All® Cities program along with its partners — the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Merced County, and Partnership for a Healthier America - Expands Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food in Merced, CA
The Dole® Sunshine for All® Cities program today announced the launch of the Good Stuff Kiosk in Merced, CA at Cesar E.Chavez Middle School. Funded by the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation and Dole Packaged Foods, and in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Merced County and Partnership for a Healthier America, the Good Stuff Kiosk will provide affordable, healthy food to families as they pick their children up from after school programs and will feature recipes using the food found in the Kiosk.