Town & country foods joins world orphans in building orphan homes in Africa
April 24th, 2009Town & Country Foods Inc. has joined forces with World Orphans to help address the needs of millions of orphans; by helping to build five orphan homes in Uganda and Liberia. To date donations of over $100,000 from Town & Country Foods, with the participation of our customers, has opened the door for one of the most unique partnerships in history to address this unprecedented problem. American’s simply changing where they buy their groceries is changing the destinies of children around the world.
The problem: the number of children in the world that have lost their mother or father, are parentless, or have been abandoned…now exceeds 143 million. This absolutely staggering number is almost equivalent to one-half of the total population of the Untied States. In the past hour;
- 1,625 children were forced to live on the streets by the death or abuse of an adult
- 1,667 children under the age of five died from malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases
- 115 children became prostitutes
- 66 children under age 15 were infected with HIV
- 257 children were orphaned because of HIV/AIDS
Town & Country Food is committed to helping with this massive problem with a simple idea, 81% of American’s would change where they purchase a product if quality and price was the same, or better, and if they could help someone by doing so. Cone/Roper Corporate Citizenship Study, 2001.
Town & Country Foods Inc. offers the finest food available today delivered directly to the home. Our “system of the future” delivers a customized menu designed to meet the specific needs of each household. All natural meats, certified organic vegetables and seafood are delivered in individually vacuum sealed, portion controlled servings that thaw very quickly for gourmet meals on the run. Complimenting these main dinner items are pastas, pizza and a wide variety of quick meals and deserts.
The Town & Country Foods System is delivered to the home in a budget friendly quantity that reduces impulse purchasing, unplanned eating out, labor costs of the retail system and inflation. Town & Country’s inflation rate on food the past 15 years has averaged 2%, in comparison to reports of food going up as much as 20% per year in some markets at the grocery store.
“As each new customer comes on board they create an automatic donation to World Orphans by referring friends and family to the program,” reported Kirby Patterson, Vice President of Town and Country Foods. “We are excited to partner with our customers and World Orphans with a simple idea of taking part of the savings in getting a new customer and re-directing it to World Orphans to provide a home for the orphans of the world.” For more information call 1-800-651-3663 ext. 555
