Ultradent launched its annual food drive in early November with a goal of collecting 100,000 lbs. of food, but as the two-week food drive wrapped up, the company found they had more than doubled that.
The food drive was based around a theme of “Hunger Games” and the company’s upper management led team challenges in their efforts to reach the original goal. During the drive employees raised money and collected canned goods for donation to the Utah Food Bank. Last year the company collected 83,010 lbs. of food, leading to the goal of 100,000 lbs. this year, according to a press release.
At the end of this year’s drive, the collection total actually came in at 208,169 lbs., and this translated to a $25,000 cash donation to the Utah Food Bank with the remaining collected leading to a cash donation of more than $26,000 to AmeriCares for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
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Ultradent Doubles its Collection Goal for the Utah Food Bank
South Jordan, Utah – On November 5, 2012, Ultradent launched its annual food drive with a theme of “Hunger Games”. The kick-off event consisted of team challenges led by Ultradent’s Upper Management towards their goal of 100,000 pounds of food. The two week long food drive resulted in an astounding collection of over 200,000 pounds of food!
Ultradent Products, Inc. is a dental products manufacturer in South Jordan, Utah. Employees have raised money and collected canned goods for the Utah Food Bank for the past 10 years with a participation consisting of 700-900 employees each year. “Last year”, said Dr. Dan Fischer, President/CEO of Ultradent, “Employees generously donated 83,010 pounds of food so it seemed like a reasonable challenge to set this year’s goal at 100,000 pounds. I could hardly contain my excitement and pride when I heard the collection amount totaled 208,169 pounds! I feel privileged to work with such amazing and generous individuals.”
Ultradent donated $25,000 cash (101,287 pounds) to the Utah Food Bank in a check presentation on November 27, 2012. The balance of $26,784.45 cash was donated to AmeriCares for the victims of the Sandy Hurricane.
Source: Ultradent Products, Inc.