On August 15, 2016, the Synovus Northwest Georgia and Chattanooga Divisions kicked off a six-week community outreach project to benefit the Action Ministries’ SuperPack program. They successfully exceeded their goal of $10,000 by raising $10,167, which equals 12,198 meals. The SuperPack program ensures that thousands of children in Georgia and Tennessee are fed over the weekend, when they don’t have access to the school lunch program.
 
Unlike other feeding programs, Action Ministries SuperPack program takes food to children at partnering schools, packed in bags that can discreetly fit into their backpacks. Each SuperPack offers enough food that children can easily assemble into six meals over the weekend. Through its collective buying power, Action Ministries is able to purchase much more food than an individual or group could buy with the same amount of money. A contribution of just $5 provides food for one child for an entire weekend, and all monies raised go back into the community in which the donations were received.
 
“This project meant a lot to me because I have known, personally, many kids who have received bags like this in the past,” said Jessica Corbitt, team member at Cohutta Banking Company. “I graduated from Chattooga High School in 2015. During my senior year, I helped prepare and disperse bags of food. It changed the lives of many students. All of a sudden, they were much happier and more productive in school. It takes a small contribution to kids to change their outlook on life and their health. I have a customer who gives $10 every time she comes in because the cause means so much to her. She expressed how it breaks her heart to know kids don’t have food.”
 
“This project is just one way for us to say ‘thank you’ to the communities that support us,” said Angie Lewis, CEO of Northwest Georgia Division. “It exemplifies the Synovus spirit of Here Matters, the name given to our community outreach effort, and demonstrates our commitment to be the bank that leads and strengthens and serves the needs of our communities.”