Virginia Beach, Va. (May 18, 2022) — The Virginia Beach Convention Center (VBCC) and its exclusive food and beverage supplier, Sodexo Live!, recently partnered to prepare 1,500 servings of soup for local shelters and service providers. Led by VBCC Executive Chef Desiree Neal, the Big Soup Servathon event was part of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation and its ongoing mission to end hunger and address food insecurity. Held at locations worldwide, Servathon is Sodexo’s largest global volunteer event held annually in April and May.
The VBCC’s 1,500 servings of soup were provided to the following local organizations:
- Salvation Army ARC in Virginia Beach
- Soup Kitchen in Norfolk
- Union Mission in Norfolk
- Judeo-Christian Outreach Center in Virginia Beach
“Putting our team’s culinary talents to work feeding our neighbors helped us extend meaningful connections within the Hampton Roads community,” said Bryan Miller, Virginia Beach Convention Center general manager. “We were grateful for the opportunity to partner with the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation on The Big Soup Servathon outreach event this year.”
This event complements the Virginia Beach Convention Center and Sodexo Live!’s ongoing efforts to support charitable programming in the local community. Previous initiatives include book and toy drives, facilitating charitable programming with visiting conference groups, and donating thousands of pounds of surplus food each year.
About the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation
The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation empowers its employees around the world to join forces, engage their teams and fight hunger in their local communities. This is done through service, skilled volunteerism, fundraising and activities that go beyond food aid. Participating in a Servathon activity is a great engagement and team-building tool. The Foundation, as part of its ongoing mission to stamp out child hunger, identifies underserved cities across the US, in need of support, and find alignment between existing, successful service offerings and communities in need. The foundation distributed over 4,100,000 meals during 2020.