Bayer Canada donated over $120K to Food Banks Canada in 2022

Who: Bayer Canada

What: The company raised more than $120,000 in support of Food Banks Canada programs in 2022.

Bayer's employees made donations through two internal campaigns supporting Food Banks Canada's After the Bell and Northern Food Security programs.

In April, employees shared stories of their favourite childhood meals while pledging donations of more than $11,000 to the After the Bell program. The company's fall ThanksForGiving campaign saw more than $16,000 raised, along with more than 2,000 kilograms of non-perishable products through a canstruction challenge. Items are being donated through Bayer's main sites.

Bayer is matching employee contributions in 2022 with a $95,000 donation to Food Banks Canada this year. 

Since 2018, Bayer and its employees have supported Food Banks Canada with close to $900,000 in employee and company contributions.

"We have a passionate group of employees who are compelled to help their communities in whatever way they can," said Alok Kanti, president and CEO of Bayer in Canada. "I am proud of our employee's efforts and pleased to be supporting the great work our partners at Food Banks Canada are doing to address the growing challenge of hunger in Canada."