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Sutton Bank employees recently came together to help fight childhood hunger by packing 600 weekend meal bags – a total of 3,600 meals – for children served by Children’s Hunger Alliance.   

The meal-packing event, hosted at Sutton Bank’s Ontario branch, supports the organization’s mission to ensure children throughout Ohio have access to nutritious food outside of school hours. Each meal bag contained six meals, providing vital weekend nourishment for kids who might otherwise go without. 

"A food insecure child who is of school age can get two meals through the school during the week and potentially a third meal from an afterschool program, but when the weekend hits that child may not have anything to eat until they go back to school Monday morning,” said Jamie Harter, PhD, Director of Development, Northwest Ohio, CHA. “For this reason, CHA started offering ready-to-eat meals for children to have on the weekend to address this issue. We could not provide this critical program without the generous support we receive from corporations like Sutton Bank." 

According to CHA, 400,000 children across Ohio live in food-insecure households, meaning one-fifth of children are unsure where their next meal is coming from.  

“Giving back to our community is at the heart of at Sutton Bank,” said Tony Gorrell, CEO of Sutton Bank. “It was inspiring to see our employees work side-by-side to help children who face food insecurity.” 

Children’s Hunger Alliance partners with local organizations and volunteers across the state to provide meals, nutrition education and advocacy to end childhood hunger. The weekend meal packages consist of a variety of food options, with each package consisting of meals and snacks that meets USDA nutritional requirements.