Smithfield’s 30,000-pound protein donation was made up of ready-to-eat objects together with lunch meat, hams and smoked sausage, and was the equal of 120,000 servings.
“Our North Carolina farmers take satisfaction in supporting their communities, and we’re proud to symbolize them in serving to the MANNA FoodBank struggle starvation,” mentioned Roy Lee Lindsey, CEO of the North Carolina Pork Council. “We’d wish to thank Smithfield Meals for the numerous donation of pork merchandise, which is able to go a good distance to assist alleviate meals insecurity in Western North Carolina.”
“Smithfield and our 10,000 workers in North Carolina have a protracted historical past of doing good in our native communities,” mentioned Kraig Westerbeek, president of hog manufacturing for Smithfield Meals. “This partnership with MANNA will be sure that nutritious meals attain those that want them most – together with our neighbors nonetheless recovering from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.”
“We see every single day how laborious folks in our communities are working simply to place meals on the desk,” mentioned Claire Neal, CEO of MANNA FoodBank. “We’re really grateful for this beneficiant present from the North Carolina Pork Council and Smithfield Meals and it couldn’t come at a extra very important time. With each greenback offering sufficient meals for 4 meals, the collective impression of this money contribution and nutritious pork donation will assist us fill 1000’s of empty plates for our neighbors in want throughout Western North Carolina.”
The North Carolina Pork Council’s $30,000 donation will fulfill a $30,000 matching donation pledge for a complete donation of $60,000 to MANNA FoodBank.
Smithfield’s starvation aid program, Serving to Hungry Properties®, has supplied lots of of tens of millions of servings of protein in all 50 U.S. states since 2008. Smithfield donated greater than 30 million servings of protein to meals banks, catastrophe aid efforts and neighborhood outreach applications throughout the U.S. in 2023 and has pledged to donate 200 million servings of protein by 2025.
