Smithfield Foods gives 35,000 pounds of food for winter disaster relief in Kentucky

Mercy Chefs partners with Company to offer high-quality meals for volunteers, disaster victims and first responders.

SMITHFIELD, Va., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Smithfield Foods, Inc. It donated 35,000 pounds of food to aid victims of severe winter weather. This is equivalent to 140,000 meals. Eastern Kentucky.

Smithfield Delivered the food products Mercy ChefsThe current stationed in Hazel Green, KentuckyTo provide disaster relief to local residents. The Portsmouth, VirginiaNonprofit organization based in the U.S. that travels to disaster-prone areas across the country to offer hot meals at no cost to volunteers, local residents and first responders. Smithfield Products donated to the relief effort include bacon, lunch meat, fully cooked boneless Ham, and Smoked spiral sliced Ham.

“The extreme winter weather is in Eastern Kentucky Many residents were left with frozen pipes, and whole towns without water,” said Jonathan TomsSmithfield Foods senior community development manager. Mercy Chefs is a great partner that allows us to provide nutritious, hot meals to families in need to get them through this terrible time.

Chef Gary LeBlancSmithfield Foods founder and CEO, Mercy Chefs, stated, “Whenever and wherever people are in great need, Smithfield Foods will always be there to support us as we set about to provide high-quality chef-prepared meals for disaster zones across the nation.”

Mercy Chefs will cook between 2,000 and 3,000 hot meals daily for the residents of the area. You can make a donation online or volunteer in the area. MercyChefs.com/easternky.

Smithfield It has donated hundreds and millions of protein servings in food banks, disaster relief efforts, community outreach programs and other causes to all 50 U.S. States since 2008. Helping Hungry Homes^® program, and has pledged to donate an additional 200 million servings of protein by 2025.

The company recently donated 30,000 pounds of foodFoodbank of America – 120,000 meals Southeastern Virginia The Eastern Shore of the United States December 2022, delivered 150,000 food servings To victims of Hurricane Ian Fort Myers, FloridaLast October, contributed $2 million to Ukraine crisis relief efforts March Smithfield In 2022, more than 5 million pounds of protein were donated, which is 20 million meals.

More information about Smithfield’s ongoing work to strengthen our communities and fight food insecurity is available here.

Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. American food company, with roots in agriculture and a global presence. With over 60,000 jobs worldwide, we are dedicated in producing “Good food.” Responsibly.^®” and are recognized as one of the top vertically integrated protein companies worldwide. We have been pioneers sustainability standards For more than 20 years, we have been making industry-leading pledges to be carbon-negative in U.S.-owned companies and to reduce GHG emissions by 30% across the entire U.S value chain by 2030. We believe that protein is the key to ending hunger and have given hundreds of millions of meals to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield^®, Eckrich^® Nathan’s Famous^®Among many other things, For more information, please visit www.smithfieldfoods.com Connect with us Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn And Instagram.

About Mercy Chefs
Mercy Chefs is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The mission of the organization is to provide professional-prepared, high-quality meals for victims, volunteers, first responders, and others in times of natural disasters or national emergencies. It also partners with existing ministries to provide food service in underserved areas. Since its founding, Mercy Chefs has served over 17 million meals. Mercy Chefs founder Gary LeBlanc, who was honored by Southern Living Magazine in 2020 as a “Hometown Hero”, was also named by the Hampton Roads Chamber and Inside Business as the 2020 Small Business Award of the Year. For more information, please visit MercyChefs.com.

 

 

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