Over 100 Meals Donated for GOALympics
Meals benefited Ronald McDonald House, Elizabeth House, Union Station Family Center, and Union Station Adult Center
Pictured: The Pasadena Convention Center Sodexo Live! team delivers meals to local nonprofit Ronald McDonald House in Pasadena as part of the 2023 GOALympics Challenge. Left to right: Sodexo Live! General Manager Doug Finney, Representative at Ronald McDonald House Pasadena, Executive Chef Mikery Hatfield, and Sodexo Live! Catering Sales Senior Director Lanese Cotton
Pasadena, California (February 27, 2023) – Pasadena Convention Center and their exclusive food and beverage producer, Sodexo Live!, prepared and delivered over 100 meals for local nonprofits Ronald McDonald House, Elizabeth House, Union Station Family Center, and Union Station Adult Center as part of the 2023 GOALympics Challenge. The annual competition challenges Sodexo! Live teams around the world to use earth-friendly practices, emphasizing the goals to reduce food waste and help feed hungry people.
“It’s an honor for the Pasadena Convention Center to support the global initiatives from Sodexo’s Office of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility,” said Doug Finney, Sodexo Live! General Manager at Pasadena Convention Center. “We are proud to lend our resources and deliver hot meals to support these local nonprofit organizations, who are all doing incredible work in creating homes and providing for those in need.”
This year, under the designated “Team Determination” category, Team Pasadena GOALympians participated in the cooking, plate-up and delivery of packaged meals to four locations for three different local nonprofit organizations on February 23, 2023. The efforts were led with new Executive Chef Mikery Hatfield, who oversees food and beverage at the convention center and civic auditorium.
In 2022, the Pasadena Convention Center and Sodexo Live! team received a Bronze Metal for participation, out of only five medals received within Sodexo Live! in North America. The team also participates in various charity activities each year, including cooking meals for the Union Station Homeless Services’ Thanksgiving Dinner in the Park, the annual Big Soup Servathon event from the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, and more.
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About Sodexo Live!
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