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Southwire Expands Giving Back Efforts In Response to COVID-19

Throughout 2020, Southwire is expanding its long tradition of Giving Back in response to COVID-19 with a focus on hunger, education and hope for the holidays.

The company is expanding its giving efforts to help support COVID-19 relief with a donation, totaling $1 million over the course of 2020, that will focus on three phases: hunger, education, and hope for the holidays. These three phases of giving will be divided through the rest of the year and will provide meals, school supplies, and more.

The first phase, in early summer, will provide families in need with meals. Southwire will donate $500,000 to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, and other similar international organizations in its Giving Back communities. For every dollar given, Feeding America provides 10 meals to those in need.

The second phase, in late summer, will connect with Southwire’s continued commitment to education and its annual Back to School event. For the past 16 years, Southwire has held Back to School events in its Giving Back communities across the company, but this year’s efforts will have a larger impact than ever before through a committed contribution of $250,000. With this commitment, the company will be able to provide more than 25,000 bags of free school supplies to families and children in its local communities.

The third phase will take place during the months of November and December. As the economic impact of COVID-19 on families won’t subside quickly, Southwire will expand providing support, gifts, and hope to its communities during the holiday season, with each of Southwire’s 23 Giving Back communities working with local organizations to identify specific needs at the time.

“Southwire has always sought to give back and improve the quality of life in the communities in which we live and work,” said Rich Stinson, Southwire’s president, and CEO. “Our commitment to expanding our giving efforts to help support COVID-19 relief builds upon our company’s principle of supporting those in need with our time, talent and financial resources and we are pleased to join others who share this vision as we all continue to respond to this global challenge.”