MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2008--U.S. Bank (NYSE:USB)
has raised nearly $60,000 in food and cash donations to help restock
Minnesota's food shelves as a result of the company's partnership with
the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign, the largest food and cash
drive in the state.
U.S. Bank and its employees, customers and neighbors contributed a
total of $59,500 in food and cash donations at Minnesota U.S. Bank
locations across the state this year - a 41 percent increase over the
company's 2007 March Campaign results. This includes a $5,000 grant
and more than $12,800 in employee matching gifts from the U.S. Bancorp
Foundation.
Throughout the month of March, U.S. Bank branches across Minnesota
served as community collection sites for the donation of food and
cash. Also, U.S. Bank employees brought food and cash donations to
work during a week-long employee campaign. This marked the seventh
year in a row that U.S. Bank has partnered with Minnesota FoodShare
for its March Campaign.
"We're very proud of the results from our collection efforts
during this year's Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign," said Deb
Burke, director of the U.S. Bancorp Foundation. "U.S. Bank's
customers, employees and community members have truly stepped up to
the challenge of helping their neighbors in need."
Minnesota FoodShare, a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council
of Churches, directs the March Campaign, which helps restock more than
265 food shelves across Minnesota. Half of all the groceries
distributed at Minnesota's food shelves each year come from the March
Campaign.
U.S. Bancorp, with $242 billion in assets, is the parent company
of U.S. Bank, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States.
The company operates 2,522 banking offices and 4,844 ATMs, and
provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance,
investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to
consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web
at www.usbank.com.
CONTACT: U.S. Bank
Jennifer Wendt, 612-303-0731
jennifer.wendt@usbank.com
SOURCE: U.S. Bank
