Sodexo serves the community
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Liberty partners with Daily Bread to feed homeless and hungry citizens
In addition to the task of feeding thousands of Liberty University students, Sodexo, the university’s dining provider, is extending its services to feed the homeless of Lynchburg and the surrounding area.
Waste not — Sodexo donates extra food from Liberty dining locations to the Lynchburg Daily Bread soup kitchen. Photo credit: Alanna Mitchell
Liberty and Sodexo are fulfilling the task by partnering with one of Lynchburg’s soup kitchens, the Lynchburg Daily
Bread organization. The partnership began August 2014.
“The idea started from Lee Beaumont, senior vice president for Liberty,” Anthony Delligatti, the resident director of Sodexo said. “He saw this partnership as a way to reach out to the community as one of the many ways Liberty does. When Sodexo has leftover food, we properly cool and store the food, and every Wednesday, Lynchburg Daily Bread collects what we have saved for them.”
The Daily Bread is an organization that provides free and unlimited hot meals to the needy seven days a week, including holidays, with the help of its volunteers.
“Here at the Daily Bread, we are dedicated to helping others, but we couldn’t do it without the help of our outside contributors,” Daily Bread Executive Director Tracey Dixon said. “In 2013, we were able to give out 51,369 meals.”
Charity— Daily Bread feeds the needy of the community. Photo credit: Alanna Mitchell
According to lynchburgdailybread.com, Daily Bread opens at 10:50 a.m. and stays open until 12:20 p.m. Recipients are served by volunteers and can receive as many servings as they wish.
Dixon said the Daily Bread goes to Liberty at 7:30 a.m. every Wednesday to get food not used by Sodexo. The organization also gets food on Mondays following large catering events. Daily Bread takes their own containers and serve the food throughout the week.
“It’s been such a tremendous help and blessing to our guests that Liberty pays Sodexo for its excess food used to feed students and shares its services to us,”
Dixon said.
According to Dixon, local recipients who partake with the Daily Bread have expressed that they enjoy the new food. They also mention their appreciation for the kind gestures. Since Sodexo has offered its services, guests have noticed positive changes.
“(The recipients) like the good quality of the food and can’t get enough,” Dixon said. “They are always hugely appreciative. Here at the Daily Bread, (our volunteers) are overwhelmed with joy for what Liberty has done not only for us, but (for) the people we are committed to serving.”
Lewis is a news reporter.