C.R. England and England Logistics: One Company. One Year. One Million Kids Served.

• Author: Muller, Meredith
• Position: Utah Community Builders: Salt Lake Chamber

C.R. England and its subsidiary company, England Logistics, set a lofty goal for 2018: feed one million hungry kids across the country. At 10 a.m. on Oct. 20, they reached their goal more than two months early.

Now in its fourth generation of England family ownership, C.R. England and England Logistics have always been committed to building community, but until this year, they've struggled to find the right way to make an impact.

"We were an inch deep and a mile wide in our corporate giving," explained TJ England, chief legal officer for C.R. England.

With this in mind, the companies decided to refocus their efforts on an issue near and dear to their hearts--childhood hunger. "I remember my dad coming home late from work some days because he'd been out delivering food boxes from the Utah Food Bank to area families," England said. That desire to serve has spread throughout their companies' cultures, with employees choosing to volunteer their time making similar deliveries.

To carry out their goal, C.R. England and England Logistics founded the One United Against Childhood Hunger program, also called the One Initiative, and partnered with 20 food banks across the nation, including the Utah Food Bank.

Now, for every delivery made by a C.R. England driver, the company donates funding for one meal to the food bank of the driver's choice. England Logistics also provides a matching contribution to a food...