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FOOD SECURITY
$2.8 MILLION TOTAL FUNDS DONATED IN 2023
Over the years Valero has supported numerous programs
that provide nourishing meals to help end hunger. The
following are some examples of recent efforts.
Corpus Christi, Texas
- Valero’s $1.5 million
investment helped the Coastal
Bend Food Bank open the doors
to its new 108,000-squarefoot building, which stores and
distributes food for 970,000
individuals annually.
Houston, Texas - Valero
committed $500,000 toward
Kids Meals’ new 54,000-squarefoot building. The organization
serves nearly 7,500 children per
day and expects demand to
increase to 26,000 children daily
by 2031.
Pembroke, UK - Valero donated
$12,000 to Pembrokeshire Food
Bank. Re昀椀nery employees
donated thousands of pounds
of food, helping more than 5,000
families.
Port Arthur, Texas - Valero
partnered with Nutrition &
Services for Seniors and provided
$45,000 for building renovations
to the food distribution center
that feeds more than 500,000
seniors in Southeast Texas.
Callao, Peru - More than 6
tons of food was donated
to the Bene昀椀ciencia de
Callao, an organization
that cares for the elderly
and underprivileged in the
Callao area, near Valero’s
terminal.
Food drive in Callao, Peru
Québec City, Canada - Valero has partnered with Moisson Québec, the
largest food assistance organization in the Québec City area, to help
feed 850 families in need every month by providing 67,500 meals.
Backpack Food Program - Since
2007, Valero has contributed more
than $3.3 million to local agencies
to ensure students and families
have meals on the weekends,
during school holidays and summer
breaks. In 2023, Valero invested
more than $550,000 to serve more
than 10,000 students across these
organizations:
• Albion, Nebraska – Blessings in a
Backpack
• Amarillo, Texas – Snack Pak 4 Kids
• Aurora, South Dakota – Brookings
Backpack Program
• Benicia, California – Food Bank of
Contra Costa
• Charles City, Iowa – Community
School District, Project Rise
• Crawfordsville, Indiana –
Montgomery County Youth
Service Bureau, Nourish Backpack
Program
• Houston, Texas – Kids Meals and
Target Hunger
• Hartley, Iowa – Kids Backpack
Program
• Lafayette, Indiana – Food Finders,
Tippecanoe Backpack Program
• Port Arthur, Texas – Southeast
Texas Food Bank
• St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana –
Community Center of St. Bernard
• Texas City, Texas – Galveston
County Food Bank
• Waterloo, Iowa – Northeast Iowa
Food Bank
• Wilmington, California - Food
Finders, Food 4 Kids Program
Feeding the Soul at the Holidays - In the spirit of caring for its communities, Valero
provided 1,900 families with food items to help prepare holiday meals, partnering
with the Los Angeles Police Foundation in Wilmington, California; Feed the Needy in
Memphis, Tennessee; Corpus Christi Food Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas; Charlotte’s
Cupboard in Port Arthur, Texas; the City of San Antonio; and neighbors in St. Charles
Parish, Louisiana.
Wilmington, California, 400 families
Memphis, Tennessee, 475 families
Corpus Christi, Texas, 300 families
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Port Arthur, Texas, 400 families
San Antonio, Texas, 250 families
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, 75 families
