Baker Hughes Foundation Donates New Delivery Van to Kids’ Meals

HOUSTON, October 13, 2025 /3BL/ - The Baker Hughes Foundation on Friday celebrated the donation of a new delivery van to Kids’ Meals, the nation’s only healthy, free home meal delivery program for food-insecure pre-school aged children, by filling it with over 1,000 meals packed by Baker Hughes employees who also donated over 1,000 juice boxes. The van, funded by an $88,000 grant from the Foundation, will support Kids’ Meals in their mission to change mealtimes and lifetimes one lunch at a time by enabling the organization to deliver meals to more families in our communities. 

“Children are the future, and Baker Hughes is proud to support the next generation of innovators,” said Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli. “We believe every child deserves access to the support and resources they need to thrive, and we are honored to help further Kids’ Meals’ important mission to nurture children and their families.”

Baker Hughes has partnered with Kids’ Meals since 2020. Over the last year, employees have volunteered over 400 hours helping prepare, decorate and pack lunches. The Foundation is deeply committed to advancing health and education in the communities where Baker Hughes employees live and work and are proud supporters of Kids’ Meals.

The Foundation seeks to advance environmental quality, education and opportunity, and health, safety and wellbeing around the world by supporting organizations with shared values. This donation also supports Baker Hughes’ commitment to advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 2 to end hunger, achieve food security, improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. 

“We are overjoyed that our Hope Provider now has the honor of driving the new Baker Hughes Foundation funded van while delivering meals,” said Beth Braniff Harp, CEO of Kids’ Meals. “Through their partnership, Baker Hughes Foundation is helping us continue our mission to end childhood hunger in Houston. This van is more than a mode of transportation, it’s a beacon of hope, and it means so much to us and the families we serve.” 

Serving 56 ZIP codes across Greater Houston, Kids’ Meals provides over 10,000 free, healthy meals to preschool-aged children each weekday, and when school is out, every child in the home up to age 18 receives a meal, totaling over 16,000 meals per day. To learn more about Kids’ Meals or how to support, visit KidsMealsInc.org. 

About the Baker Hughes Foundation:
For 30 years, the Baker Hughes Foundation has been a steward of charitable resources for meaningful community impact. The Foundation seeks to advance environmental quality, education, health, safety, and wellness around the world by supporting organizations with shared values, demonstrated leadership, evidence of impact, financial soundness, and the capacity to implement initiatives and evaluate their success. The Baker Hughes Foundation makes strategic philanthropic contributions, matches Baker Hughes employee contributions, and awards volunteer recognition grants for outstanding employee community service.

About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.

About Kids’ Meals
In 2025, Kids’ Meals will deliver more than 3.4 million free, healthy meals to the homes of hungry preschool-aged children who face hunger due to extreme poverty. Since 2006, Kids’ Meals has delivered more than 18 million meals and connected families to vital wraparound resources to help end the cycle of poverty. Kids’ Meals is the only program of its kind in the nation delivering more than 10,000 free, healthy meals every weekday to 56 Houston-area zip codes. Visit www.kidsmealsinc.org, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 

For more information, please contact:

Baker Hughes Media Relations
Adrienne M. Lynch
+1 713-906-8407
 [email protected]

Kids’ Meals Media Relations
Krystal Patout
+1 713-627-2223
[email protected]