GraceKennedy

Overview

GraceKennedy’s community initiatives are driven by the company’s outreach arm, the Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation. The Foundation was established in 1979 in response to the social and economic conditions existing in inner city communities.

Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation is, as the name suggests, a joint project between management and staff, to facilitate the development of communities that border GraceKennedy's offices. Each company within the group, and its staff make a direct and personal input in the development of the communities around them, in order to help in the process of creating and sustaining community relations.

Objectives

The Grace & Staff Community Development Foundation seeks to:

• relieve poverty, suffering and distress among the poor and unemployed
• facilitate education of the dependents of the destitute and unemployed
• support activities which promote community development
• foster the spirit of volunteerism throughout GraceKennedy and beyond