Weeklong Effort Focuses on Building Healthy Communities

CAMDEN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 8, 2016–
More than 3,700 Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) employees will
volunteer in 70 community projects as part of “Make a Difference Week,”
Campbell’s annual week of service. During the week of Monday, April 11,
employees will volunteer in Campbell’s hometown of Camden, N.J., and
across 16 of the company’s other U.S. locations.

“Campbell employees around the world are dedicated to making a
difference every day,” said Anthony Sanzio, Vice President,
Communications and Public Affairs. “This week, thousands of our people
will invest their time and talent to help communities thrive.”

Make a Difference Week projects are focused on building and sustaining
healthy communities in places where Campbell operates. In Camden,
Campbell employees will participate in a variety of projects including:

• Packing meals at the Food Bank of South Jersey, Cathedral Kitchen and
  Stop Hunger Now;
• Revitalizing city parks with Coopers Ferry Partnership;
• Cooking and serving meals at the Ronald McDonald House of Southern NJ,
  New Visions Homeless Day Shelter and the Salvation Army;
• Gleaning produce for donation with the NJ Farmers Against Hunger; and
• Restoring neighborhood homes with St. Joseph’s Carpenter Society,
  Habitat for Humanity and the Heart of Camden.

Beyond Camden, Campbell is running a kids’ backpack program at 15 of its
sites across the country, including its plants in Napoleon, Ohio,
Bloomfield, Conn. and Maxton, N.C. The program aims to supply a backpack
full of food to youth who are on the National School Lunch Program
during the school week, but do not know where their next meal is coming
from on the weekend. The backpacks are filled with fresh produce and
shelf-stable items that can be easily prepared into full meals. The
objective is to provide enough food to sustain one child through the
weekend in each backpack. Filled backpacks will be donated to local food
banks, elementary schools and recreation centers. Campbell expects to
collect more than 3,500 backpacks full of food for children in need.

In recognition of the 4,000 hours that will be volunteered during the
week, the Campbell Soup Foundation will distribute approximately $80,000
in grants to nonprofit organizations where Campbell employees will
volunteer.

Campbell expanded national “Make a Difference Day” to “Make a Difference
Week” nine years ago after a record number of employees expressed
interest in volunteering. The following is a list of highlighted local
activities for Make a Difference Week:

Monday, April 11
Stop Hunger
Now
Campbell’s World Headquarters
1 Campbell Place
Camden,
NJ
Dorrance Center
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Volunteers will sort and package food for donation.

Tuesday, April 12
Ronald
McDonald House
550 MLK Blvd.
Camden, NJ
9:00 a.m. –
9:30 a.m.

Volunteers will cook breakfast for residents.

Wednesday, April 13
Coopers
Ferry Partnership
Cornelius Martin Park
10^th
and Elm Streets
Camden, NJ
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Volunteers will clean up a neighborhood park including replacing
wooded bleachers, drawing new basketball court lines and painting a
concession stand.

Thursday, April 14
MANNA
2323
Ranstead Street
Philadelphia, PA
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Volunteers will cook and package meals for distribution to area
residents with life-threatening illnesses.

Friday, April 15
Heart of
Camden
1840 Broadway
Camden, NJ
10:00 a.m. – 11:00
a.m.

Volunteers will assist with home renovations.

About Campbell Soup Company

Campbell (NYSE:CPB) is driven and inspired by our Purpose, “Real food
that matters for life’s moments.” We make a range of high-quality soups
and simple meals, beverages, snacks and packaged fresh foods. For
generations, people have trusted Campbell to provide authentic,
flavorful and readily available foods and beverages that connect them to
each other, to warm memories and to what’s important today. Led by our
iconic Campbell’s brand, our portfolio includes Pepperidge
Farm, Bolthouse Farms, Arnott’s, V8, Swanson, Pace, Prego, Plum, Royal
Dansk, Kjeldsens and Garden Fresh Gourmet. Founded in 1869,
Campbell has a heritage of giving back and acting as a good steward of
the planet’s natural resources. The company is a member of the Standard
& Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. For more
information, visit www.campbellsoupcompany.com
or follow company news on Twitter via @CampbellSoupCo.
To learn more about how we make our food and the choices behind the
ingredients we use, visit www.whatsinmyfood.com.

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Source: Campbell Soup Company

Bellevue Communications
Susan Buehler, 215-893-4284
or
Campbell
Soup Company
Amanda Bauman, 856-342-5264
215-756-7971 (cell)

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