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Scott Inukai and Shannon Inukai-Cuffee from Dick's Auto Group presented a $2,000 check Tuesday to Hillsboro's Boys & Girls Club.
(Boys and Girls Clubs)
In a presentation Nov. 25 at the Inukai Family Boys & Girls Club, Scott Inukai and Shannon Inukai-Cuffee from Dick's Auto Group presented a $2,000 check to Hillsboro's Boys & Girls Club. Half of the grant was a gift from the Ford Fund and the other half provided by Dick's MacKenzie Ford.
Ford Motor Company Fund is donating $77,500 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, Montana and Alaska, in keeping with its commitment that no child should go hungry -- especially as the holidays approach. The Ford Focus on Child Hunger campaign has donated more than $800,000 to date and provided over one million meals to regional programs as part of the company's work to address food access issues across the U.S.
Sixty-four clubs across the five-state region are receiving Ford Fund grants ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 as part of the Ford Focus on Child Hunger campaign. This donation will expand the previously launched Ford Focus on Child Hunger campaign and increase the number of children who benefit from this hunger initiative.
"As many families prepare for holiday celebrations, others are struggling simply to keep food on the table," said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund. "T(he) donation is one more step to support families and children who face food insecurity."
"It's important for us to be part of the community and contribute. We are partners with Ford and appreciate the opportunity to serve the needs of children right here in Hillsboro, "said Shannon Inukai-Cuffee, president, Dick's Auto Group.
"We are so very grateful to the Ford Motor Company for their steadfast support of the Portland Metro Boys & Girls Clubs," said Erin Hubert, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland. "No family should ever have to struggle with hunger, and that's even more the case during a time of family and celebration at the holidays. Thanks to Ford, we'll be able to make sure that Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland families enjoy a holiday meal."
Ford Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, is working in several ways to address food access and food insecurity throughout the U.S. In the five-state Pacific Northwest region, Ford Focus on Hunger has donated more than $800,000 and provided one million meals to regional programs. Earlier this year, Ford dealers in the region collected more than 30,000 pounds of peanut butter, enough to make 420,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
A fleet of more than 35 Ford Mobile Food Pantries provides food banks across the country with added flexibility in delivering food. Over the last five years, the Ford Fund has given over $5.3 million to hunger-related organizations across the country and nearly $420,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs.
-- Portland Boys and Girls Clubs