Local businesses play a vital role in helping TABLE deliver healthy, fresh food and nutrition education to local children in need. By partnering with TABLE, these community-focused companies contribute more than just donationsโthey offer their time, resources, and expertise to ensure we can continue delivering nutritious food to kids facing food insecurity.
Throughout the year, we will highlight the incredible efforts of our local business partners who help make our work possible.
Edward Jones is the presenting sponsor forย TABLE and a member of our Community Sustainer program. According to financial advisor Jessica Villagrana, these are the reasons Edward Jones supports TABLE.ย
Q: What inspired you (your business) to support TABLEโs mission?Addressing food insecurity amongst our communityโs children is a mission close to my heart. In my early childhood memories, my belly was full, but my family needed food assistance from government and local organizations. It is with a great sense of gratitude for these programs that I wholeheartedly support TABLE’s mission.
Q: How does partnering with TABLE align with your companyโs values or goals?Community engagement is built into the Edward Jones DNA. Our firm was established over 100 years ago with the mission to make quality financial advice accessible by “bringing Wall Street to Main Street” nationwide. That endeavor formented a deep connection with the needs of the thousands of communities we serve and the commitment to be a part of the solution.
Q: What impact do you hope your support will have on our community?Our Carrboro team is committed to community partnership and building awareness of childhood food insecurity and nutrition education within Orange County. We understand that, even after substantially increasing capacity and delivery, there is still a waitlist for TABLE’s services. We hope many more businesses and individual donors will consider supporting the mission along with us.
Aesthetic Solutions is a TABLE Cultivator sponsoring TABLE as a member of our Community Sustainer program. According to Dr. Sue Ellen Cox, founder, these are the reasons Aesthetic Solutions supportsย TABLE.
Q: What inspired you (your business) to support TABLE’s mission?
A: We love the TABLE organization for so many reasons. We wholeheartedly support TABLEโs mission to eliminate child hunger in our community. When selecting our charitable giving partners, it’s important to us that the majority of funds go directly to the cause – which is certainly true with TABLE.
Q: How does partnering with TABLE align with your company’s values or goals?
A: When Dr. Cox founded Aesthetic Solutions in the Triangle nearly 30 years ago, the community welcomed us with incredible love and support. We wouldnโt be where we are today without the continued trust from our patients, which is why we prioritize charitable giving. Our focus is primarily on causes that support women and children.
Q: What impact do you hope your support will have on our community?
A: Weโre fortunate to live in a community with so many incredible nonprofits and people who truly understand the importance of supporting them. We hope that our contributions, along with the generous support of others, can help TABLE to continue the fight to eliminate child hunger and food insecurity.
Pinnacle has been TABLEโs partner since 2021 providing general financial support and as an Empty Bowls sponsor. According to Denny Marcin, Senior Vice President these are the key reasons Pinnacle chose to partner with TABLE and how they envision their support benefiting local kids.
Q: What inspired you (your business) to support TABLE’s mission?
A: Pinnacle believes that supporting quality-of-life initiatives helps build stronger communities that allow for more people to prosper, and that starts with the youth in our community.ย TABLE has a direct impact by delivering healthy food and nutrition education where it is needed the most.
Q: How does partnering with TABLE align with your company’s values or goals?
A: Part of Pinnacleโs mission is to make a significant positive impact in the communities we serve and two of our focus areas are Health & Human Services and Education.ย By supporting TABLE, we can provide for both.
Q: What impact do you hope your support will have on our community?
A: Supporting Empty Bowls and TABLE helps children have access to the food and nutritional knowledge they need for better physical and mental health, and those are objectives that we can all agree are vital to our youth.