For the fourth consecutive year, Ameriprise Financial partnered with Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, for the firms National Day of Service.
In preparation for Thanksgiving, on Friday, November 15 more than 10,000 Ameriprise advisors, employees and clients gathered at over 400 hunger relief organizations across the country to help sort food donations and package meals for families in need.
In 2009, Ameriprise began the charitable partnership with Feeding America with the goal to help meet the increased demand on food banks during the holiday season and work toward finding long-term solutions to domestic hunger.
Through the efforts of its advisors, employees, retirees and clients, Ameriprise has provided more than 30 million meals and volunteered approximately 100,000 hours to help feed hungry Americans, according to the firm.
Ameriprise also matched monetary donations to Feeding America up to $500,000 through the month of November.