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The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation announced Monday that it has donated a total of $20 million to food banks over two years as part of its Fill Your Tank initiative, which aims to provide $60 million to address food insecurity in communities served.

The companywide initiative was launched in 2016 to celebrate Enterprise's 60th anniversary over a six-year period.

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation will be distributing $10 million per year and will partner with hunger relief organizations Feeding America, Food Banks Canada and the Global FoodBanking Network, according to the company.

“We launched the Fill Your Tank initiative at the end of 2016 to shed light on an important issue and strengthen the communities where our employees live and work,” Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation senior vice president and executive director Carolyn Kindle Betz said in a news release. “Food insecurity is a critical issue in thousands of towns and neighborhoods around the world, and often, it's an issue that doesn't get the attention it deserves.”

In the program's first two years, in addition to gifting $10 million to local food banks and pantries in communities served by Enterprise, the company said it donated $5 million to Feeding America, $3 million to Food Banks Canada to support food banks across Canada, followed by $2 million to The Global FoodBanking Network to expand the operations of food banks in the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany and Spain.

Funds have been used to develop a six-year implementation plan to support Feeding America's senior hunger strategy, increase food acquisition and sharing for ten provincial associations in Canada and open a new logistics center in Germany, serving 180,000 people, according to the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation.

“The Fill Your Tank initiative has made an impact on community food banks and pantries around the world, and we are thrilled to continue to work with our hunger relief partners in 2018,” added Betz. “Our employees have long supported food banks and pantries in the cities and neighborhoods we serve. We're continuously inspired by their good work.”