Stop Hunger Volunteer Awards: recognizing volunteers' commitment and supporting beneficiaries of local associations

April 15, 2019

  • International

In the United States, France and the UK, as in the 53 countries where volunteers mobilize, many engage directly in actions on the ground.

Recognizing them with an award is also an opportunity for Stop Hunger to offer a grant of up to US$ 5,000 to benefit the association of their choice.

A Stop Hunger Award is also a contribution to an association supported by a volunteer.

A Stop Hunger Award is also a contribution to an association supported by a volunteer.

In the United States, for the past 18 years, 128 Stop Hunger volunteers and Sodexo* employees named as "Heroes of Everyday Life®," have been recognized with an award and a grant of US$ 5,000 to benefit the association of their choice. This model has been adopted in Europe, including in France, where 16 Stop Hunger volunteers have been honored over the past five years and received grants of € 3,000 for their associations.

The United Kingdom will soon be following suit.

*our founding partner

Discover the winners of the 2018-2019 Stop Hunger Awards and the local associations they support:

In France

  • Ekaterina Chakal, Sodexo foodservices employee at the Jean-Villar Clinic near Bordeaux (33), southwestern France
€ 3,000 donation to allow more beneficiaries to access food aid from the Lormont Solidarité association, northern France.

 

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  • Sabine Painvin, Executive Assistant, Sodexo Seniors Services
€ 3,000 donation to contribute to quality food aid for homeless people and to participate in the Civil Protection 92 social action in Levallois, near Paris.

 

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  • Ekaterina Tikhonova, Contract Design Manager, Sodexo Government & Agencies Services
€ 3,000 donation to help open a solidarity grocery store on the campus of Paris-Nanterre University with the support of the French Red Cross of Hauts-de-Seine, near Paris.

 

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In the U.K.

Best Charity Champion, Stop Hunger Day, Most Innovative Fundraising Idea, Volunteering
4 awards have recognized 4 volunteers’ commitment (from left to right):

Tim Fagan, Contract Director, Sodexo Government Services ; Marie Arthur, Account Director, Sodexo Sports Leisure & Travel ; Mark Howie, Intervention Manager, Sodexo Justice Services ; Omy Lawal, Department Administrator in Sodexo’s legal team.

 

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Au Népal

  • Olivier Facon, Head of Training, Sodexo Human Resources Department
€ 3,000 donation to equip the cafeteria and to welcome children at a new childcare center with the association, Children of Kavresthali, located in central Nepal surrounded by China and India.

 

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In the U.S.

  • Deanna Durigon, Sodexo Catering Director, Chapman University, Universities, Orange, Calif.
The $5,000 grant from Stop Hunger have supported Orange Home Grown Foundation’s Food for Neighbors Program (www.orangehomegrown.org) in Orange County, Calif.
  • Patrick Gassion, Sodexo Market Chef, Marine Base Tower 8th & I, Government, Washington, D.C.
The $5,000 grant from Stop Hunger have benefited One World Foundation Corp’s meals program (www.oneworldfoundations.org) in Burtonsville, Md.
  • Yvonne Hayes, Sodexo Lead Food Worker, Carolinas Medical Center, Hospitals, Charlotte, N.C.
The $5,000 grant from Stop Hunger have benefited Thirdwind Outreach Ministries based in Charlotte, N.C.
  • Jude Jerome, Sodexo Executive Chef, University of Albany, Universities, Albany, N.Y.
The $5,000 grant from Stop Hunger have benefited The CURE Foundation (www.curealbany.com) in Albany, N.Y.
  • Beverly Romear-Doukwah, Sodexo Supervisor, Lourdes Noreen McKeen, Seniors, West Palm Beach, Fla.
The $5,000 grant from Stop Hunger have supported St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church Soup Kitchen in West Palm Beach, Fla.

 

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Stop Hunger Volunteer Awards: recognizing volunteers' commitment and supporting beneficiaries of local associations