Campbell's Snacks employees usually come to Carver each December to wrap literally a mountain of donated gifts. These gifts are then given to hundreds of children in the community who visit the Carver Community Center with their families to experience the magic of the holiday season.

With this year’s COVID restrictions, the Campbell Soup Company instead gave us a generous check to help us fill our children’s arms with what’s on their wish lists.

The Campbell Soup Company is driven and inspired by its Purpose, “Real food that matters for life’s moments.” And for many years, the company’s employees and philanthropy have mattered in the lives of Carver families. Founded in 1869, Campbell has a celebrated heritage of giving back and acting as a good steward of the planet’s natural resources.

Just as Soup is their middle name, so too has Community been Carver’s symbolic middle name since our founding in 1938. And just as there’s much more to the company than soup, Carver too has grown to now include 19 schools in addition to the Carver Community Center. They are still Campbell, and we are still Carver, but we both are continually changing in new and exciting ways.

What remains a constant through the years and decades is our mutual commitment to Purpose. Making sure Carver kids experience the joy of the holiday season is one element of Purpose that we share.