Mom's Meals® surpasses 2024 Hunger Challenge goal to reduce nutrition insecurity

Annual corporate social responsibility report highlights commitments 

ANKENY, Iowa, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mom's Meals, the leading comprehensive food as medicine solutions provider, ended the year with significant contributions to the fight against nutrition insecurity. In total, 37,470 medically tailored meals were donated in 2024 — exceeding the goal of 30,000 — in collaboration with community-based organizations through the Mom's Meals Hunger Challenge initiative. These donations brought the cumulative number of medically tailored meals to 80,419 over the past five years to individuals who are nutrition insecure and not otherwise eligible for programs to help them get the nutrition they need.

"Surpassing our goal for the Hunger Challenge initiative aligns directly with our mission of improving life through better nutrition at home," said Chris Choi, CEO of Mom's Meals. "It's not just about the number of meals donated, but about ensuring vulnerable individuals have access to the proper nutrition they need to thrive. This need only continues to grow, and through our corporate social responsibility efforts, we remain committed to doing our part to end nutrition insecurity in the communities we serve."

Mom's Meals' corporate social responsibility efforts are focused on nutrition insecurity by: 

• Ensuring equitable food access — While Mom's Meals delivers millions of medically tailored meals to individuals nationwide every year, team members also work closely with health plans, health care providers, state and local governments and community-based organizations to ensure access is continually expanded to vulnerable Americans. Mom's Meals collaborates with these entities to develop innovative programs and policies to deliver nutrition to populations in need. That work results not only in reducing nutrition insecurity but also results in improved health outcomes, reduced hospital readmissions and lower total health care costs.
• Supporting our communities — Mom's Meals has opportunities to support other like-minded organizations who are working to reduce nutrition insecurity. Which is why in the last six years, the organization has donated nearly $256,000 worth of ingredients to local food banks to help those in need. In addition, 83,775 shelf-stable meals have been donated to CBOs across the country in the last three years to help individuals recovering from natural disasters and other hardships.
• Engaging employees — Employees showcase Mom's Meals' core values in the communities where they live, work and play. Over the past 12 years, over 9,500 pounds of food have been donated during employee-led food drives. In addition, over 60,000 meals have been packaged for Meals from the Heartland. Extending beyond their local communities, employees have helped donate $10,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief efforts.

"As an organization, we are determined to build on this momentum this year," Choi added. "Through continued collaboration with our employees, partners and communities, we can provide even more individuals with the nutrition they need and work toward creating healthier, stronger communities across the country. Together, we can make a lasting impact and continue to address nutrition insecurity where it's needed most."

To learn more about Mom's Meals corporate social responsibility efforts read the 2024 CSR report.

About Mom's Meals
Mom's Meals is the leading provider of comprehensive food as medicine solutions with published improved health outcomes that drive lasting change. This includes fully prepared, refrigerated, medically tailored home-delivered meals delivered to any address nationwide, oral nutritional supplements, produce and pantry boxes, nutritional education, nutritional counseling, other forms of nutrition support and personalized engagement. These solutions are provided through Medicaid or Medicare Advantage health plan benefits or for direct purchase. At Mom's Meals, our mission is to improve lives through better nutrition at home through our long-term care, condition management, post-discharge and nutrition insecurity programs. For more information, visit www.momsmeals.com.

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