LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: HLF)
Herbalife Nutrition, a premier global nutrition company whose
purpose is to make the world healthier and happier, is the Official
Nutrition Sponsor of the Ketchum–Downtown YMCA Stair
Climb for Los Angeles to be held today in Los Angeles. Herbalife Nutrition will help
fuel more than 4,000 Stair Climb participants with water and energy
bars as they ascend 1,664 steps to reach the pinnacle of
the US Bank Tower in Downtown
Los Angeles.
"At Herbalife Nutrition we are driven by purpose – to make the
world healthier and happier – and we proudly support the YMCA and
our shared mission of promoting a healthy and active lifestyle,"
said Neil Spiers, vice president,
Global Business Services, Herbalife Nutrition and Downtown YMCA
board member. "We value YMCA's commitment to improving and
strengthening our communities through youth development, healthy
living and social responsibility."
Now in its sixth consecutive year as sponsor of the YMCA Stair
Climb, Herbalife Nutrition CEO Rich
Goudis, EVP Frank Lamberti and SVP Alex Amezquita will join
70 Herbalife Nutrition employees in their annual 75-story climb to
the top of the building. To help boost all participants on their
journey to the top, Herbalife Nutrition is donating more than
10,000 products, including Herbalife24 Achieve Bars, CR7 Drive
sports drink mix, bottles of water and Protein Deluxe Bars.
The Company's support of YMCA is part of Herbalife
Nutrition's broader community engagement program aimed at promoting
good nutrition, including aid to the American Red
Cross for its local, national and global disaster relief and
emergency preparedness efforts. The Company's philanthropic
focus of helping provide nutrition support to vulnerable children
and families around the world, is actuated in the L.A. area through
several local charity organizations, including 'A Place Called
Home,' the Children's Institute Inc., and the Union
Rescue Mission.
"We are deeply grateful for Herbalife Nutrition's partnership
and participants love the energy boosting and thirst-quenching
products that they generously provide," said Ketchum-Downtown
YMCA's Executive Director, Carol
Pfannkuche. "We value the support from businesses like
Herbalife Nutrition who help us achieve our goal of creating
lasting personal and social change in our communities."
This is the 25th Anniversary of the Stair Climb
for the Los Angeles YMCA. The event raises funds for the community
and supports numerous subsidized YMCA programs, including those
that fight obesity, and helps make possible participation for
children, teens, families, and seniors in some of the most
under-resourced neighborhoods in the city.
About Herbalife Nutrition
Herbalife
Nutrition is a global nutrition company whose purpose is to
make the world healthier and happier. The Company has been on a
mission for nutrition – changing people's lives with great
nutrition products & programs – since 1980. Together with
our Herbalife Nutrition independent distributors, we are
committed to providing solutions to the worldwide problems of poor
nutrition and obesity, an aging population and skyrocketing public
healthcare costs, while supporting the rise in entrepreneurs of all
ages. Herbalife Nutrition offers high-quality,
science-backed products, most of which are produced in
Company-operated facilities; one-on-one coaching with
a Herbalife Nutrition independent distributor; and a
supportive community approach that inspires customers to embrace a
healthier, more active lifestyle. Herbalife
Nutrition's targeted nutrition, weight-management, energy and
fitness, and personal care products are available exclusively to
and through dedicated Herbalife Nutrition distributors in
more than 90 countries.
As a global supplier of herbal supplements, Herbalife
Nutrition uses more than 150 botanical ingredients, including
soybeans, tea and aloe. The company has a robust, science-based
product development process guided by a team of more than 300
scientists, 36 of them Ph.Ds., to assure the quality of the
products. The Company has invested more than $300
million during the past six years in its manufacturing
facilities and now makes approximately 65 percent of all its
nutrition products in-house.
Through its corporate social responsibility
efforts, Herbalife Nutrition supports the Herbalife
Nutrition Foundation (HNF) and its CasaHerbalife
Nutrition programs to help bring good nutrition to children in
need. Herbalife Nutrition is also proud to sponsor more
than 190 world-class athletes, teams and events around the globe,
including Cristiano Ronaldo, the LA Galaxy and numerous
Olympic teams.
Herbalife Nutrition has approximately 8,300 employees
worldwide, and its shares are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: HLF) with net sales of approximately $4.4
billion in 2017. To learn more, visit Herbalife.com or
IAmHerbalife.com.
Herbalife Nutrition also encourages investors to visit its
investor relations website at ir.Herbalife.com as financial and
other information is updated, and new information is posted.
About Stuart M. Ketchum Downtown
YMCA
Ketchum-Downtown YMCA is one of 26 branches
of YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, a non-profit organization
that serves more than a quarter million families each year.
Welcoming individuals of all ages, faiths and backgrounds, the Y is
committed to nurturing everyone's potential in spirit, mind and
body. No one is turned away due to the inability to pay. Through
programs that promote youth development, healthy living and social
responsibility, Ketchum-Downtown YMCA inspires its
community to learn, grow and thrive. For more information
about Ketchum-Downtown YMCA,
visit www.ymcala.org/ketchum-downtown.
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