CONTACT: Kris Tazelaar, Second Harvest Foodbank; KrisT@shfbmadison.org, 608-216-7206
Drive Out Hunger has raised more than $1.8 million since 2007
MADISON, Wis., August 19, 2014 – Low scores might be best in golf, but a high number was a big win at the Alliant Energy Foundation’s eighth annual Drive Out Hunger Golf Classic. Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin announced today that this year’s Drive Out Hunger raised $345,000 for nine Feeding America member food banks in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois. The golf outing was held on July 21 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
“Ending hunger cannot be done alone, and Alliant Energy recognizes this,” says Dan Stein, President/CEO for Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. “Through this fun, client-appreciation, charitable golf outing, Alliant Energy and its business partners provide millions of meals for families, children and seniors facing hunger.”
Since its inception in 2007, the Drive Out Hunger Golf Classic has raised more than $1.8 million and provided more than 7 million meals to Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin and its sister Feeding America food banks whose service areas overlap where Alliant Energy provides service. Other benefiting food banks include Channel One, Inc. Food Bank & Food Shelf, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Food Bank for the Heartland, Food Bank of Iowa, HACAP Food Reservoir, Northeast Iowa Food Bank, River Bend Foodbank and Second Harvest Heartland.
“Alliant Energy is pleased to sponsor this annual event, and we thank our business partners for their generous support in making this event possible, said Patricia Kampling, Alliant Energy Chairman, President and CEO.. We believe it’s important to put our efforts into raising funds that directly affect the everyday lives of those in need. We remain committed to helping improve the quality of life in the communities we serve, and I cannot think of a more worthy cause than Second Harvest and other food banks throughout our service territory.”
About Alliant Energy Foundation
The Alliant Energy Foundation is a philanthropic organization created by Alliant Energy Corp. and is operated as a separate entity led by its own board of directors. The Foundation is committed to making a positive difference in the communities where Alliant Energy employees, retirees and customers live and work. The Foundation, which is funded solely by the Alliant Energy shareowners, seeks to further the corporation’s goal of being a good corporate citizen and contributing member of the communities they serve. For more information, visit the Foundation’s web site at www.alliantenergy.com/foundation.
About Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, southwestern Wisconsin’s largest hunger relief organization, is a non-profit organization that is committed to ending hunger in 16 southwestern Wisconsin counties through community partnerships. By focusing on a multipronged approach that includes food distribution, increasing participation in public and private food programs, and mobilizing the public, it serves nearly 141,000 people who struggle with hunger each year; 43% of whom are children. From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 Second Harvest Foodbank, together with its more than 225 partner agencies and programs, provided 12.6 million meals to those facing hunger. It is one of 200 members of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. For more information, visit SecondHarvestMadison.org.
