Since our founding in 1989, DC Central Kitchen has prepared 25 million meals for our low-income and at-risk neighbors in Washington, DC. That’s a lot of meals – but don’t mistake us for a soup kitchen. Our mission is to use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities.This core of meal distribution and job training fuels a host of other innovative programs at DC Central Kitchen that fight poverty, hunger, and poor health. Our Food Recycling program helps us turn tons of leftover, surplus food into thousands of balanced meals every day. And each morning, our First Helping team hits the streets to provide warm meals and social services to chronically homeless residents of DC’s Wards 7 and 8.To help fund these programs and create good jobs for our culinary graduates, we’re breaking new ground in the world of social enterprise. Our School Food Program serves 4,200 healthy, locally-sourced, scratch-cooked meals to 2,000 low-income DC schoolchildren every day, proving that school meals can be nutritious, affordable, and sustainable all at once. And our Healthy Corners program delivers fresh produce and healthy snacks to 30 corner stores in DC’s ‘food deserts,’ where access to nutritious food options is limited. Our smart, business-like approach to doing good allowed us to earn more than half of our income through social enterprise.And the success of this model isn’t limited to the District of Columbia. Through the Campus Kitchens Project, we empower 5,000 student volunteers every year to implement our model in 31 communities across America. At DC Central Kitchen, we believe waste is wrong – whether it’s leftover food, local produce, or human potential. We know our community already has everything it needs to defeat hunger, poverty, and poor health: resources, commitment, creativity, and YOU.

Sodexo, Inc. (http://www.sodexousa.com/), leading Quality of Daily Life Solutions company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, delivers On-site Service Solutions in Corporate, Education, Health Care, Government, and Remote Site segments, as well as Motivation Solutions such as Esteem Pass. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (http://www.sodexofoundation.org/), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $17 million in grants to end childhood hunger in America. Visit the corporate blog at www.sodexoUSA.com/blog.Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions Quality of Life plays an important role in the progress of individuals and the performance of organizations. Based on this conviction, Sodexo acts as a partner for companies and institutions that place a premium on performance and employee well-being, as it has since Pierre Bellon founded the company in 1966. Sharing the same passion for service, Sodexo's 413,000 employees in 80 countries design, manage and deliver an unrivaled array of Quality of Life Services. Sodexo has created a new form of service business that contributes to the fulfillment of its employees and the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries in which it operates.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casino resorts on four continents The company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International family of casinos and the World Series of Poker. On January 28, 2008, Harrah’s Entertainment was acquired by affiliates of private-equity firms TPG Capital and Apollo Global Management.Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. We concentrate on building loyalty and value for our customers, employees, business partners, and communities by being the most service-oriented, technology-driven, geographically-diversified company in gaming.At Harrah’s Entertainment, over 85,000 employees each make a unique contribution to your experiences, and to our ultimate success. From nurturing a sense of team with co-workers, to improving the quality of life in their communities, Harrah's sets the standard of excellence in the gaming industry with employees who are devoted to delivering truly great service. Our employees are critical to our success.