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“RACHAEL RAY” REACHES – AND SURPASSES – SEASON-LONG 9 MILLION MEALS MILESTONE

Campaign to raise food for the hungry is put over the top with a donation from Tyson Foods

Rachael’s Yum-O! Organization Donates an Additional 2 Million Meals to Feeding America and No Kid Hungry


NEW YORK, NY May 14, 2015 – CBS Television Distribution’s Emmy® Award-winning talk show RACHAEL RAY reached a major milestone Thursday, achieving – and surpassing – its season-long goal to provide 9 Million Meals for hungry Americans. Since September 2014, through the efforts of celebrity guests, corporate partners, and everyday heroes, RACHAEL RAY, along with national hunger nonprofit organizations Feeding America and No Kid Hungry, raised enough money and food to reach the 9 Million Meals goal. The milestone was even surpassed, with two donations of one million meals apiece to Feeding America and No Kid Hungry from Rachael’s Yum-O! organization bringing the final number raised over the course of the season to 11 Million Meals. Thanks to the amazing work done by Feeding America and No Kid Hungry, every dollar donated means 10 meals for hungry Americans.


The goal was officially met on Thursday’s episode of RACHAEL RAY, as Rachael was joined by her friend and season-long 9 Million Meals contributor, TLC’s “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro. A donation of $30,000 from Tyson Foods to Feeding America and No Kid Hungry provided the final meals needed to reach nine million, and the show culminated in the two million meal donations that brought the final total raised to over 11 Million Meals.  


“Thank you so much to Feeding America and No Kid Hungry for helping us with this project all season, as well as our viewers, audience members and hunger heroes across the country who donated time, money and food to make this possible,” Ray said after the goal was reached. “It’s really, really a dream come true for all of us here.”

The entire audience for Thursday’s show was filled with hunger heroes: Everyday men and women who contributed to the #9MillionMeals campaign over the course of the season, including dozens of audience members from the #9MillionMeals kickoff show who helped make a meal that constituted the first 1,000 meals toward the 9 million.


RACHAEL RAY, the 2008 and 2009 Emmy® Award-winning Outstanding Talk Show,is distributed and produced by CBS Television Distribution in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment.  Janet Annino is the Executive Producer. CBS Television Distribution is a unit of CBS Corp.


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