As part of Ford Motor Company’s expanded hunger relief efforts this year, the company announced the donation of a new truck to The Salvation Army’s Bed & Bread Club that will help serve 5,000 meals a day to needy people in Detroit.
The vehicle, which goes into operation this week, joins the Bed & Bread fleet that provides a sandwich, fruit, beverage, soup and snack to city neighborhoods. The Detroit Bed & Bread program is the largest one in the country. Marathon Petroleum Corporation will provide a year of free gasoline for the new vehicle.
“We’re proud to help the Salvation Army’s Bed and Bread Club travel to those in need, because hunger never takes a holiday,” said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. “By addressing the issue of hunger through other programs such as Ford Mobile Food Pantries, Ford Focus on Child Hunger and Meet Up and Eat Up, we are going further to create stronger communities.”