Subject: Recent Materials
From: "Rick Leach" <[email-masked]>
To: "Allison Sapp " <[email-masked]>,Allyson Alvaré <[email-masked]>, "Amanda Chowning" <[email-masked]>, "Bonnie Raquet" <[email-masked]>, "Carl W. Stern" <[email-masked]>, "Dan Glickman" <[email-masked]>, "Danley Laurenceau" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Jasmine Battle" <[email-masked]>, "Jo Ann Emerson" <[email-masked]>, "Joan Mayer" <[email-masked]>, "Jonathan Blum" <[email-masked]>, "Larry Darrow" <[email-masked]>, "Laura Gilkey" <[email-masked]>, "L
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:31:03 +0000

Dear Board Members,

Following are links to various articles and other materials developed over the summer that I thought you may enjoy reading.  Also, attached is a memo provided to Senator Merkley, the new Ranking Member on the Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee, and an ad that ran in Foreign Policy.

• Redesigned WFP USA homepage: www.wfpusa.org<http://www.wfpusa.org/>

PURPOSE: Present a visually compelling and comprehensive overview of the organization for uninitiated web visitors.

Click here to watch WFP USA's introductory video about our work.<https://www.facebook.com/WFPUSA/videos/988355451179730/>

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Why U.S. Companies Will Be the<http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/sites/default/files/Achieving%20Food%20Security%202015.pdf>
Key to Solving Hunger<http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/sites/default/files/Achieving%20Food%20Security%202015.pdf> (p. 40)
PURPOSE: Highlight private-sector partners like Google, DSM and UPS and raise awareness among the American business community about partnership opportunities with WFP USA.

•    UPS Sustainability Report<http://sustainability.ups.com/media/UPS-2014-Corporate-Sustainability-Report.pdf> (p. 39)
PURPOSE: Raise visibility among UPS employees and consumers about WFP's work and how UPS is helping save lives on the ground.

•    Medium: We Get Stuff Done<https://medium.com/@WFPUSA/we-get-stuff-done-1cce73a65c7a>.
PURPOSE: Spotlight WFP's logistics expertise using field photography and statistics WFP's 2014 annual report.

•    Medium: School (Meals) Graduation<https://medium.com/@WFPUSA/school-meals-graduation-bdd5a8f54ffa>
PURPOSE: Examine how WFP works with national governments to transfer ownership of school meals.

•    Medium: Empower a Woman, Feed A Generation<https://medium.com/@WFPUSA/empower-a-woman-feed-a-generation-db2af0d4dc98>
PURPOSE: Highlight WFP's work empowering small-scale farmers in Tanzania, especially women.

•     Foreign Policy: Print ad (pdf attached)
PURPOSE: Promote WFP's work with small-scale farmers for the magazine's special "Scarcity" issue.

•    UPS Blog: Why Logistics Will Be The Key To Solving Hunger <http://blog.ups.com/2015/07/27/why-logistics-will-be-the-key-to-solving-hunger/>
PURPOSE: Highlight the UPS partnership and the importance of innovation and technical expertise in solving global hunger.

Richard Leach
President & CEO

World Food Program USA
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