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20th Anniversary Celebration a Success for McCormick Company
Event raises 27,045 canned goods for local Harvesters food bank
Kansas City, Mo. (August 28, 2009) — McCormick Company teamed up with clients, suppliers, local businesses and employees on Thursday, August 27, to celebrate 20 years of McCormick operating in Kansas City. In conjunction with the celebration, McCormick hosted a food drive with the goal of 20,000 cans for the local Harvesters food bank. That goal was met and exceeded with 27,045 cans for Harvesters.
"There's really no better way to celebrate being a part of the Kansas City community," said Mark Perrin, President of McCormick Company. "We get to help families in Kansas City by teaming up with local businesses and companies to reach our goal. We're very pleased with the successful outcome."
In addition to the charity food drive, guests enjoyed live music by Retro Inferno, food from Gates Bar-B-Q and beverages provided by local companies. Riverside RED X helped coordinate food donations made prior to the event and assisted McCormick in delivering food supplies.
"We applaud McCormick Company for celebrating their 20th anniversary with a food drive that will help feed hundreds of area residents," said Karen Haren, Harvesters' president and CEO. "With so many people losing their jobs, the need for emergency food assistance is greater than ever. Food drives such as this are an important source of nutritious food for those in need."
Many companies and organizations joined the effort to reach McCormick's 20,000-can goal and to give back to the Kansas City community, including these major donors: Screenscape Studios, Commerce Bank, Farm Progress, Farm Journal, Progressive Farmer, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Price Chopper, Brownfield Radio Network, Ann D. Robertson - CPA, Riverside RED X and Briarcliff Development Company.
"We truly appreciate everyone's involvement and contributions for this event," Perrin said.
McCormick Company opened its Kansas City office in August 1989. The company was founded in 1926 in Amarillo, Texas, and is the 16th oldest integrated marketing agency in the U.S. McCormick's 120-plus professionals help client companies grow sales with strategic and creative communications expertise. While our roots are in agriculture, both in the production and livestock sectors, we've expanded our expertise over the years to include working with financial, healthcare, rural lifestyle, companion animal and life sciences companies. In addition to Kansas City and Amarillo, TX, McCormick has offices located in Des Moines, IA; Fairport, NY; and Embro and Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Harvesters is the Kansas City area’s only food bank, serving a 26-county region of northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 550 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Together, Harvesters’ network serves more than 60,000 people every week. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, serving all 50 states. For more information, visit www.harvesters.org.
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Editor's note: Click on either link below to view or download hi-res photos from the event.
Cutline Photo 1: McCormick Company teamed up with clients, suppliers, local businesses and employees on Thursday evening to celebrate 20 years of McCormick operating in Kansas City. The food drive for Harvesters food bank held in conjunction with the celebration raised 27,045 cans of food for local families.
Photo 2: Debbie Haws with McCormick Company, adds another box to the stacks of more than 27,000 cans of food collected during the company's celebration of 20 years in Kansas City. McCormick teamed up with clients, suppliers, local businesses and employees for the food drive which wrapped up Thursday, Aug. 27 with a "backyard bash" celebration.