{"id":102549,"date":"2025-11-15T14:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dhl-kalitta-air-kalitta-motorsports-join-forces-provide-two-million-meals-in-race-to-end-hunger\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:44:31","slug":"dhl-kalitta-air-kalitta-motorsports-join-forces-provide-two-million-meals-in-race-to-end-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/dhl-kalitta-air-kalitta-motorsports-join-forces-provide-two-million-meals-in-race-to-end-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"DHL, Kalitta Air, Kalitta Motorsports Join Forces, Provide Two Million Meals in \u2018Race to End Hunger\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday,\u00a0<\/strong>DHL Express and the 2025 \u201cRace to End Hunger\u201d partners donated two million meals to Feeding America and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, bringing the program\u2019s overall six-year total to 14 million meals. With some 47 million people in the United States currently experiencing food insecurity, DHL Express, Kalitta Air, and Kalitta Motorsports united their efforts in the \u201cRace to End Hunger.\u201d The initiative provides critical hunger relief for families in need, both during the upcoming holiday season and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hunger affects people of all ages; everyone needs nutritious food to thrive, and in every community in America, people are working hard to provide for themselves and their families. Yet in 2025, one in seven people experiences food insecurity in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the past six years, DHL and its dedicated U.S. employees have been actively collaborating with local food pantries and the Feeding America\u00aenetwork of local food banks, as part of their annual volunteering and charitable-giving campaign. This ongoing program supports families in need while aligning with DHL\u2019s mission of \u201cConnecting People. Improving Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Combined with DHL\u2019s corporate match of employee donations and its contribution to \u201cRace to End Hunger\u201d partner program with Kalitta, the company\u2019s total contribution reached nearly one million meals. NHRA fan donations are also included in this total.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The other 1,080,000 meals were generated by DHL\u2019s National Hot Rod Association relationships. Three years ago, DHL supercharged its efforts by partnering with Kalitta Motorsports and Kalitta Air to fight food insecurity nationwide, through the \u201cRace to End Hunger.\u201d\u00a0 This year, nine additional Kalitta partners joined the program, which generated even more meals. Over four years of this portion of the campaign, 3.83 million meals were donated to Feeding America and its network of food banks through the \u201cRace to End Hunger.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the most-recent six NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events, DHL, Kalitta Air, and Kalitta Motorsports, along with nine \u201cdouble down\u201d partners \u2013 Applied Innovation, BMRS, Dayco, Fifth Third Bank, Mac Tools, New Image Building Services, SoundGear, Superior, Toyota\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 made a substantial impact. For every \u201cwin light\u201d achieved by Kalitta Motorsports drivers Doug Kalitta, J.R. Todd, and Shawn Langdon, which signified winning a round of racing, the group combined to donate 40,000* meals; 27 round wins generated 1,080,000 meals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are few things more meaningful than coming together to help ensure families don\u2019t go hungry,\u201d said Nemer Abohasen, VP and General Manager at DHL Express and Head of U.S. Social Responsibility. \u201cIt\u2019s deeply rewarding to join forces once again with our long-time partners Kalitta Air and Kalitta Motorsports in this shared mission. Each meal represents hope, dignity, and comfort for someone in need \u2013 and that\u2019s what drives us to keep going. Together with our incredible partners, we\u2019re making a real difference in the communities we serve, one meal at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful for DHL\u2019s steadfast commitment, alongside that of all its partner companies, to our mission, and thrilled that this enduring collaboration empowers us to aid even more neighbors grappling with food insecurity,\u201d said Roger Castle, Chief Development Officer of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. \u201cThe \u2018Race to End Hunger\u2019 initiative with Kalitta arrives at a pivotal moment, following the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and our partner agencies\u2019 vital role in combating food insecurity through our core efforts, not to mention our response to the Greater Los Angeles Wildfires and the Government Shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to believe hunger is still such a big problem in our country, but we\u2019re honored to do what we can to help,\u201d Team Kalitta Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta said. \u201c\u2019The Race to End Hunger\u2019 is a really good program \u2013 it\u2019s helping, but we all know there\u2019s still work to do, unfortunately. Thanks to DHL, Kalitta Air and all our partners that jumped in this year to support a great organization like Feeding America and for helping fight this problem. Hopefully one day, we can end hunger in the United States.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate DHL\u2019s leadership in this effort and thank them for helping fight hunger in our country,\u201d Kalitta Air Chief Operating Officer Heath Nicholl said. \u201cKalitta Air was proud to be a part of this great program again this year, but seeing the end result with two million meals being provided is truly special. Unfortunately, much more work remains, but two million meals can make a difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For more information about Feeding America,\u00a0the nation\u2019s largest hunger-relief organization, please visit\u00a0www.feedingamerica.org<\/a>\u00a0and for more information about the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, please visit\u00a0www.lafoodbank.org<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

*$1 helps provide at least 10 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local partner food banks.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on November 15, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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On Friday,\u00a0DHL Express and the 2025 \u201cRace to End Hunger\u201d partners donated two million meals to Feeding America and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, bringing the program\u2019s overall six-year total to 14 million meals. With some 47 million people in the United States currently experiencing food insecurity, DHL Express, Kalitta Air, and Kalitta Motorsports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}