ADM Columbus plant manager Todd Good and Columbus Area United Way executive director Hope Freshour talk about a food-packing event Sept. 30 to aid food insecurity among area senior populations
Food insecurity is an all-too-familiar topic for Columbus Area United Way, but Executive Director Hope Freshour said an area of need was identified last year that the organization was surprised to see the scale for — the senior community.
ADM employees from Columbus form an assembly line to pack food for area seniors in an effort through ADM Cares and the Columbus Area United Way on Sept. 30, 2026.
One third of the total 300 bags of food ADM employees packed for area seniors on Sept. 30, 2026, sit waiting to be loaded into a truck. The food packing event was a collaboration between ADM Cares and the Columbus Area United Way to address food insecurity in the community.
ADM employees and Columbus Area United Way executive director Hope Freshour stand outside the facility where the company and nonprofit partnered to pack 300 food packages for area seniors facing food insecurity in the Columbus area on Sept. 30, 2026.
One third of the total 300 bags of food ADM employees packed for area seniors on Sept. 30, 2026, sit waiting to be loaded into a truck. The food packing event was a collaboration between ADM Cares and the Columbus Area United Way to address food insecurity in the community.
ADM employees from Columbus form an assembly line to pack food for area seniors in an effort through ADM Cares and the Columbus Area United Way on Sept. 30, 2026.
ADM employees and Columbus Area United Way executive director Hope Freshour stand outside the facility where the company and nonprofit partnered to pack 300 food packages for area seniors facing food insecurity in the Columbus area on Sept. 30, 2026.