Pack Expo International will highlight CannedWater4kids charity.
Press Release Summary:
PMMI will partner with CannedWater4Kids at PACK EXPO International to raise funds and awareness among packaging and processing community concerning need for clean drinking water for children. In addition to purchasing 7,000+ cans of water, PMMI has donated booth to CannedWater4Kids. Cans of water will be available to all for suggested donation of $1, which will be given to CannedWater4Kids. Also, information will be available about charity and its efforts.
Original Press Release:
PMMI Brings Cannedwater4kids to Pack Expo International
Arlington, Va. - PACK EXPO producer PMMI will partner with CannedWater4Kids, a non-profit charity organization focused on delivering clean, safe water to children worldwide, at PACK EXPO International (October 31-November 3; McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.). The partnership will raise funds and awareness among the packaging and processing community of the need for clean drinking water for children.
"When we learned about this initiative, it seemed like a relatively simple way to reach out to the packaging and processing community regarding a rather complex problem," said Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI. "PMMI has an opportunity, every year, to get in front of a large audience with resources that can help this cause. We are very pleased to bring CannedWater4Kids to PACK EXPO International."
In addition to purchasing more than 7,000 cans of water - a donation of $1 per can - PMMI has donated a booth to CannedWater4Kids. The cans of water will be available to all (suggested donation: $1, which will be given to CannedWater4Kids), along with information about the charity and its efforts to tap into the global can industry.
"PMMI's support has brought new visibility and energy to, and helped create awareness of, packaging's important role and purpose in the world, especially in developing countries where it is needed the most to help preserve and protect food from spoiling and to keep clean drinking water safe," said Greg Stromberg, founder of CannedWater4Kids
Several industry leaders have already taken an active role in producing the canned water: Crown, Ball, Rexam and Metal Container Corp. have all contributed more than half a million aluminum cans to the project.
"I believe the packaging industry will be the foundation for achieving and protects two basic needs for developing countries: healthy food and clean water," Stromberg adds. "Most food doesn't reach its destination because, without any protection, it spoils; and without protection, drinking water can easily be contaminated, too. I hope to align the packaging and processing industries around this cause by using the can as a 'poster child' to promote this need for children."
Stromberg came up with the idea of CannedWater4Kids in 2008, when he learned the World Health Organization estimates nearly one-fifth of the world's population is without safe drinking water. He created and initially operated Canned Water4Kids in his home in Milwaukee, Wisc., but that was just the beginning of the outreach of CannedWater4Kids. Stromberg went even further in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquakes in Haiti and arranged for cans of clean drinking water to be sent to Haiti by way of a Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship.
All funds collected by CannedWater4Kids are used to help bring clean, safe water to children everywhere. By visiting www.cannedwater4kids.com, anyone can make a monetary contribution to their efforts.
About PMMI
PMMI is a trade association of 560-plus member companies that manufacture packaging, processing and related converting machinery in the United States or Canada; machinery components and packaging containers and materials. PMMI's vision is to be the leading global resource for packaging, and its mission is to improve and promote members' abilities to meet the needs of their customers.
PMMI organizes the PACK EXPO trade shows: PACK EXPO International, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and EXPO PACK México, connecting participants in the packaging and processing supply chain with their customers around the world. Coming Up: PACK EXPO International, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2010, at Chicago's McCormick Place; EXPO PACK México at Mexico City's Centro Banamex, June 21-24, 2011, and PACK EXPO Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 26-28, 2011.
Learn more about PMMI and the PACK EXPO trade shows at PMMI.org and Packexpo.com.
