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PRESS RELEASE

The U.S. Conference of Mayors -- Sodexho Inc. Release the 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey

Press Conference, Thursday, Dec. 14 - 10:30 a.m.

12/11/2006 3:50:00 PM

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor, Congressional Reporter

Contact: Rhonda Spears Bell, 202-861-6766 or rspears@usmayors.org or Elena Temple, 202-861-6719 or etemple@usmayors.org both of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, or Jaya Bohlmann of Sodexho Inc., 301-987-4550 or jaya.bohlmann@sodexhoUSA.com

News Advisory:

As emerging priorities unfold under new Congressional leadership, The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Sodexho Inc. will release results of the 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey at a Press Conference on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the Conference of Mayors headquarters. For the past 20 years, The U.S. Conference of Mayors has reported on the shortage of emergency services -- food, shelter, medical care, income assistance and energy assistance -- in our nation's cities. For the fourth year, Sodexho Inc. joins the Conference of Mayors in bringing national attention to the factors that impact hunger and homelessness in metropolitan centers in the United States. This year, the survey takes into particular consideration the impact of hunger and homelessness on children in America's cities.

WHO: The United States Conference of Mayors & Sodexho, Inc.:

-- Trenton (N.J.) Mayor Douglas H. Palmer. USCM President

-- Des Moines (Iowa) Mayor T.M. Franklin Cownie, Co-Chair of the USCM Hunger and Homeless Taskforce

-- Charleston (S.C.) Mayor Joseph P. Riley, USCM Past President

-- Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Hunger Caucus

-- Rod Bond, President of Sodexho Inc. School Services Division

-- Tom Cochran, Executive Director, USCM

WHAT: Press Conference to release results of the 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 14, at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: The U.S. Conference of Mayors Headquarters, 1620 I Street, N.W., 4th Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C. 20006

The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today, each represented in the conference by its chief elected official, the Mayor.

Sodexho Inc. ( http://www.SodexhoUSA.com ) is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $6.7 billion in annual revenue and 125,000+ employees. Sodexho offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, groundskeeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset management and laundry services to more than 6,000 corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government and remote sites throughout North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps.

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