Canon Hong Kong Corporate Volunteer Team cooperated with Food Angel serving the Meal Boxes Packing for the First Time
Canon Hongkong Company Limited (Canon Hong Kong) cooperated with different social welfare organizations for years, to bring love and care to different communities in the society. This year kicked its first service for Canon Hong Kong corporate with Food Angel and participated in “Meal Boxes Packing” Volunteer Service at Harvest Mill in Kwun Tong on 20 Jan 2024. 12 volunteers from Canon Hong Kong Corporate Volunteer Team helps to pack 5 types of meal boxes including steamed Chicken with Ginger and Salt, Lamb Stew with Bean Curd Sheet, Vegetarian Sea Cucumber with Plant Meat, Fried Chicken Steak in Black Pepper Sauce with Bacon, and Creamy Mushroom & Tuna Pasta. At the end of the day, a total of 6,997 meal boxes with great taste and appearance were prepared.
Unlike the hot meal services with immediate delivery, meal boxes prepared in the service are frozen instantly after packaging and become “cook-chill” meals, which will be sent and stored in the “Automated Food Dispenser” set up at various districts so to meet the dietary needs of different people and allow a flexible collection of meals especially for those who with irregular working hours, to share love and care with them more flexibly. After obtaining the cook-chill meals, they can just simply reheat the meal box and enjoy hygienically and conveniently.
Food Angel program was launched in 2011 by Bo Charity Foundation with the mission of "Waste Not, Hunger Not, With Love", to serve the underprivileged with surplus food from the communities with nutritious meals or food packs. From the information provided by Food Angel website, the organization rescues 45 tonnes of edible surplus food each week, producing over 20,000 nutritious meals and helps distribute over 11,000 other meals and food packs daily free of charge for people who are in need. The ideology aligns with Canon’s corporate philosophy “Kyosei”, to contribute to the well-being of mankind by living and working together sustainably.
