to 40 Nonprofit Groups

Each year, Campbell employees nominate and invite local organizations to apply for grants The Foundation’s employee-led, all-volunteer executive committee reviews applications for final approval by its board of trustees

The grants support a variety of programs including food pantries, farmers’ markets, initiatives to reduce food waste and increase nutrition education, physical activity programs and the development of parks and public spaces This year ’ s grantees include organizations in 26 Campbell communities from 16 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico Thirty-five percent of this year ’ s recipients are first-time awardees

The following grantees will receive $20,000 each: Ashland (Ohio) County Community Foundation; 4-H Education

Center at Auer Farm and Hartford Food System of Bloomfield, Conn ; After-School All-Stars (Philadelphia and Camden), The Neighborhood Center, Trust For Public Land, NJ Agricultural Society, The Food Trust and Vetri Community Partnership of Camden, N J

Also, Loaves and Fishes, Pineville Neighbors Place and Roof Above of Charlotte, N C ; La Soupe Inc of Cincinnati; Emergency Food Bank of Dixon/Stockton, Calif ; Meals on Wheels of Chester County, Inc of Downingtown, Pa ; Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee of Franklin, Wis ; Homeless Youth Connection of Goodyear, Ariz ; YWCA Hanover (Pa ); Island Grown Initiative of Hyannis, Mass ; and Center for Lay Ministries of Jeffersonville, Ind

In addition, Talbot House Ministries of

Lakeland (Fla ), Inc ; Robeson County Church and Community Center of Maxton, N C ; Nutra a un Nino, A C of Mexico City; Foodright, Inc of Milwaukee; The Food Group and Youth and Farm Market Project of Minneapolis; Daily Bread Food Bank and The Mississauga Food Bank of Mississauga, Ontario; Open Door of Delta of Napoleon, Ohio; Filling in the Blanks and Person to Person, Inc of Norwalk, Conn ; CitySquare and United Way of Lamar County of Paris, Texas As well as Banco De Alimentos Puerto Rico Inc ;Cache Community Food Pantry of Richmond, Utah; Family Building Blocks and Marion Polk Food Shares, Inc of Salem, Ore ; Black Food Sovereignty Coalition and Growing Gardens of Tualatin, Ore ; and Second Har vest Food Bank of North Central Ohio of Willard, Ohio GN