Employees of DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. donated their time and money yesterday to ensure 47 local families will enjoy a complete holiday meal on Thanksgiving Day. Employees participated in the company’s 21st annual Thanksgiving Food Basket Drive, which benefits needy families in Long Beach.
“Giving back to our community is important to our company and our people,” said Richard Shiozaki, senior vice president of DENSO. “We gladly do this during the holiday season, and DENSO and its employees also generously support worthy causes throughout the year through activities such as blood drives, toy drives and fundraisers for the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and other organizations.”
In keeping with the annual tradition, DENSO employees formed shopping teams and fanned out this morning to local grocery stores to purchase food for the Thanksgiving baskets. Each basket contains a turkey and other holiday essentials for families to celebrate the holiday with a hearty Thanksgiving meal. Employees presented the baskets – filled with more than 2,800 pounds of food – to The Foodbank of Southern California. The Long Beach-based nonprofit organization will distribute the baskets to families in need throughout the city.
This food drive comes on the heels of a canned food drive organized by DENSO employees in Murrieta, California. Employees donated 744 cans of food to the St. Martha Community Food Pantry, which distributes food weekly to local families with limited resources.
The Thanksgiving food basket and canned food drive are part of the corporation’s annual DENSO Community Service Day. Every year at this time, more than 200 DENSO companies worldwide organize an activity to give back to their local community.
Year-round, the DENSO Foundation supports educational programs and disaster relief efforts. Established in 2001, the nonprofit organization has donated millions of dollars in grants to science and technology initiatives and humanitarian aid to help victims of tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
