Last year, CORT Furniture Rental's corporate office in Chantilly, VA held a food drive that brought in 550 lbs. of food. This year they wanted to make an even bigger impact.
CORT held a food drive challenge between 16 of its locations across the United States. Prizes were awarded to the location that donated the most items per employee, and to the district with the most creative food drive.
"Our corporate office had a food drive last year, with no particular agency as the driving factor," said Lauren Castle of CORT. "This year, given our partnership with Move For Hunger, we wanted to include districts across the country to send the message of our desire to launch a nationwide program."
Nearly 7,300 lbs. of food was collected in total, which is enough to provide more than 6,000 meals! The contest ran from November 1-15, and the donations were personally delivered to local food banks just in time for Thanksgiving. The Kalamazoo branch earned "most creative food drive" honors by making a furniture set out of their donations, while the Omaha branch collected the most items per employee. The winning districts each received $500 towards their office holiday party.
Castle hopes that the company-wide food drive can become an annual tradition.
"Move For Hunger is a perfect match for CORT, and I anticipate we will have a long-standing relationship."
