PA Cares
PA CARES
PA Cares
PA CARES
PA Cares
Jerry Ambrogi Charity Dinner
Hosted the first annual Jerry Ambrogi Charity Dinner during the 2017 Produce Alliance National Conference. This event honored the life and legacy of Jerry Ambrogi, one of the original members of Produce Alliance, who lost his battle with cancer last year. Jerry was a longtime supporter of the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens, an organization focused on fundraising and providing support in the community for local citizens with intellectual disabilities. The DFRC was the honorary recipient of the 2017 charitable support generated by this Dinner with about $50,000 raised for the organization to continue Jerry’s legacy.
2018 Step Up for Kids for Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago
PA employees and friends joined Team PA to climb 81 flights of stairs to raise money for the annual Step Up for Kids challenge in support of patients and families at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Team PA also volunteered to help organize and run the event.
Support for our Local Communities
PA empMembers of PA donated time to their community churches, schools, non-profits, youth organizations, and other local groups. For example, Vince, Dale, and Cory out of Salinas coached a local youth baseball team in the area.
Spotlight on Brighter Bites
PA PA hosted Lisa Helfman, co-founder and representative of Brighter Bites, a philanthropic organization focused on getting fresh produce and nutrition education into the hands and minds of children and their families. Ms. Helfman was PA’s honored guest at the 2017 PA PMA Cocktail Reception, and inspired other guests with her presentation regarding the value of service in all communities. PA continues to support Brighter Bites in its mission to create communities of health through fresh foods.
PA Pink Out
PA offices participated in a “pink out,” wearing pink and giving and collecting donations which were provided to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Members of the Buffalo Grove and Chicago PA offices gave their time to helping the Greater Chicago Food Depository repack produce and other foods to create meals. PA’s assistance helped get over 10,000 meals to the Cook County community.
Southern California Firefighter Support
In PA rallied its grower, packers, and shippers to help deliver fresh produce, water and other supplies to the brave men and women fighting around the clock against the Southern California wildfires.
We cannot wait to see what 2019 has in store for our community and we look forward to giving back and hearing of your amazing efforts all year long!
Step Up For Kids
Step Up For Kids
Step Up for Kids
For the twenty-first consecutive year, our Produce Alliance team of climbers and volunteers made it to the top of the Aon Center, participating in the Step Up for Kids challenge for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Our very first year participating in this incredible cause, we raised 15K. This year, we were fortunate enough to raise over 35K for the deserving patients and families of Lurie Children’s, and also displayed one of our largest teams of climbers and volunteers to date!
We are also so grateful for the opportunity to be the sole provider of healthy and fresh post-climb produce snacks for Step Up participants.
Thank you so much to everyone at Lurie Children’s for making this such a spectacular event, and thank you to everyone part of our PA family who donated and made the climb to make a difference. Remember, every step, every dollar, and every child counts. 💙
See you next year!
Here are some special moments from the 2018 Step Up for Kids challenge!
Cooking is a great way to express your creativity," says Chauncy Hood, a high school senior with a passion for cooking and dreams of opening his own fine dining restaurant. Those dreams helped Chauncy stay focused during the three months he spent in Lurie Children's Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) waiting for a donor heart to become available. Finally in August, a heart became available, and he underwent successful transplant surgery.
Enjoy this one-of-kind culinary demonstration and collaboration featuring Produce Alliance's very own Corporate Chef Steph, and Chef Chauncy, a resilient heart transplant survivor. Produce Alliance & the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital team up to support Step Up for Kids in event to build healthier futures for kids, like Chauncy
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Brighter Bites
BRIGHTER BITES
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BRIGHTER BITES
2017 Partnership with Brighter Bites
At Produce Alliance, we value our community. Recently our newest partnership with Brighter Bites reflects that passion.
Brighter Bites is an organization that provides reliable access to fresh produce, nutrition, education and consistent exposure to recipes.
At our 2017 PA PMA Cocktail Reception, Lisa Helfman, co-founder of Brighter Bites, spoke and gave more insight into the value of service in the community.
PA is excited about playing an integral part in Brighter Bite's end goal of expanding their network beyond the Texas region.
