Paramount Citrus Partners with Hollywood Stars and Feeding America to Provide Healthy Meals to Students


Thu. February 6th, 2014 - by Sarah Hoxie

<p> Together with actress Jennie Garth, TV personality and actor Mario Lopez, and Feeding America, Paramount Citrus is spreading its Pure Goodness message to schools across the nation.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Lopez and Garth joined volunteers at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to pack Halos and other meals for students in the Los Angeles and Compton Unified School Districts, according to a press release. The campaign kicks off a larger partnership between Wonderful Halos and Feeding America, an organization dedicated to fighting domestic hunger, to provide more than 1.3 million meals to people in need.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “Wonderful Halos is committed to delivering pure goodness to parents and children with a sweet, healthy snack option they can enjoy together,” said Marc Seguin, Vice President of Global Marketing, Wonderful Halos. “Feeding America is the perfect partner for us, as they are an incredible ally for combating hunger and getting fresh fruit to those most in need.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Leah Ray, VP of Corporate Partnerships, Feeding America, states, “Fruit, such as mandarin oranges, are an extremely important part of everyone’s daily lives and we’re thankful to partner with Wonderful Halos to provide nutritious food to children and their families.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Other celebrities and personalities also joined in on the cause, such as “Dancing with the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke, celebrity fitness instructor Tracy Anderson, TV personality and actress Kristin Cavallari, and the CW’s “Beauty and the Beast” actor Austin Basis, among many others. These Hollywood stars helped design backpacks for Feeding America, which will be used to raise additional funds for the program. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.paramountcitrus.com/our-citrus/mandarins" target="_new"> Paramount Citrus </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://feedingamerica.org" target="_new"> Feeding America </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">