Marie Callender’s Partners with Habitat for Humanity

Marie Callender’s, part of the Conagra Brands portfolio, is announcing this year’s Comforts From Home Project, which aims to help families across the United States and abroad build strength, stability and self-reliance through home ownership.

At the heart of the partnership with Habitat for Humanity is specially marked packaging that builds awareness for the families partnering with Habitat for Humanity while encouraging others to join Marie Callender’s in support of the non-profit housing ministry.

Shoppers can help give to Habitat for Humanity by entering the on-pack code from one of the more than approximately 68 million specially marked packages of Marie Callender's frozen meals or desserts. Marie Callender’s will donate $.50 to Habitat for Humanity for each code entered at ComfortsFromHome.com by Feb. 28, 2017, up to $300,000, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $100,000.

“With our made-from-scratch crusts and homemade touches, Marie Callender’s meals and desserts often remind people of home and the comfort it can bring,” says Chris Brocky, vice president and  general manager, Conagra Brands. “This year’s Comforts From Home Project will not only benefit families striving to obtain a comfortable, affordable place to call their own; it will help provide the sense of security and pride we know homeownership brings.”

In addition to the on-pack promotion, the Comforts From Home project will be supported with a robust marketing campaign that includes in-store signage, a free standing newspaper insert, a magazine outsert in the November issues of All Recipes, Better Homes & Gardens, Martha Stewart Living and Taste of Home, as well as digital and social media support.

Marie Callender’s has also partnered with Scripps Networks Interactive to promote this year’s Comforts From Home Project. The partnership includes in-show integration, custom content and digital sponsorships within HGTV’s Brothers Take New Orleans, DIY Network’s Tiny House, Big Living, Great American Country’s GAC Top 20 Country Countdown and Chopped, airing on Food Network and Cooking Channel. Two high-impact advertising units in Food Network Magazine and HGTV Magazine extend the Scripps Networks Interactive partnerships into print.

“Partners like Marie Callender’s are invaluable to the mission of Habitat for Humanity,” says Colleen Finn Ridenhour, deputy director, corporate and foundation relations, Habitat for Humanity International. “The Marie Callender’s Comforts from Home Project is a fully integrated campaign raising the profile of Habitat’s mission and enabling more people to partner with to build or improve a place they can call home.”