Subaru of America Inc., joined by its two regional independent distributors, Subaru of New England and Subaru Distributors Corp., recently announced its continued commitment to supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by helping provide an additional 100 million meals to Feeding America. Each dollar helps to provide at least 10 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local member food banks.

This donation is double the automaker's April 2020 donation, in which it helped provide 50 million meals to the hunger-relief organization. Locally, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank will benefit from the donation.

The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, a member of Feeding America, has reported that demand for food assistance is at record high levels. Thousands of families in central Pennsylvania are experiencing food insecurity for the first time as a result of the pandemic. Of those individuals, one-third are children.

The Subaru franchise, with its 633 retailers nationwide, will work with Feeding America to disburse the donation to the organization's 199 food banks across the U.S. To ensure that food banks with the highest need are served, Subaru will allocate 20% of the donation to national food programs and food banks with the highest food insecurity rates and child food insecurity rates. Furthermore, participating Subaru retailers nationwide have made supplemental donations to their local Feeding America member food banks, currently totaling an additional 5.6 million meals to those in need, totaling 105 million meals donated from Subaru.

Local dealerships in central Pennsylvania that will help provide 99,000 meals to Central Pennsylvania Food Bank include Faulkner Subaru Harrisburg, Apple Subaru and Lancaster County Motors Subaru.

To join the effort, Subaru and its retailers invite consumers to make their own donation to Feeding America. Donations will be directed to the food bank that serves the donor's ZIP code, giving everyone an opportunity to help their communities. Visit http://www.feedingamerica.org/subarulovestohelp to learn more.

The automaker's donation to Feeding America is a part of the Subaru Loves to Help pillar, the community-focused pillar of the Subaru Love Promise. To learn more about Subaru Loves to Help and the community work Subaru does, visit http://www.subaru.com/help.

To learn more about the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, visit http://www.centralpafoodbank.org or http://www.facebook.com/CentralPAFoodBank or follow the organization on its YouTube channel.