AAA’s Road to Hunger Relief

AAA Northeast joined forces with 19 other clubs to fill food pantries, kitchens and plates through this year’s AAA Road to Hunger Relief campaign.

Throughout June, food donation boxes were placed in all 65 branches across the AAA Northeast territory and administrative offices. Employees also volunteered shoulder to shoulder with members at various events, including collecting donations curbside at grocery stores, preparing food for those in need and stocking shelves at pantries.

Donations were distributed through Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks.

The Results

• $150,417 raised by AAA Northeast to support Feeding America and food banks throughout our footprint. (Just $1 helps provide at least 10 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local partner food banks.)
• 3,600+ employee volunteer hours contributed.
• 5,400+ food items donated by employees and members.

Responding to a Growing Need

The first coordinated national charitable campaign in AAA’s modern history, the AAA Road to Hunger Relief set an ambitious goal: to provide at least 3.5 million meals to families in need across the country.

More than 14 million children in the U.S. don’t have enough food to eat or don’t have access to healthy food, and more than 47 million people face hunger across every U.S. community, according to Feeding America.

Food insecurity is especially prevalent in the summer when children don’t have access to free school meals and donations to food banks decrease.

“The goal is to impact as many people as we can,” said co-leader of the AAA Northeast Member Engagement team and district branch manager Tom Ryan. “To increase the number of families served, the number of pounds of food collected, delivered and prepared. That’s how we measure success.”

Sign up for hunger relief and other community events near you or send a message to memberengagementgroup@aaanortheast.com.

Featured image: Member services counselor Tawana Hargis fills boxes at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.