(3BL Media) Washington, D.C. - June 15, 2012 – Sodexo Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit with the mission to end childhood hunger, recognized five Sodexo employees as Heroes of Everyday Life® and five students as national Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarship recipients for their exemplary efforts to fight hunger in America. The honorees who were formally recognized on June 14 at the 13th Annual Sodexo Foundation Dinner in Washington, D.C., were presented with a $5,000 grant awarded in their name to the hunger-related charity of the honoree’s choice. In addition, the recognized students each received a matching $5,000 college scholarship.

“The group we honor today represents an intergenerational approach to ending hunger,” said Robert A. Stern, chair, Sodexo Foundation. “They are an example to us all in the way that they take hunger personally, understanding that it not only affects a growing population—it affects us all.”

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