Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® Partners With Fred Meyer to Donate More Than 25,000 Pounds of Protein to Oregon Fo...
April 21 2017 - 4:14PM
Yesterday, Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® initiative, a
program focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become
more food secure, joined forces with Fred Meyer to donate nearly
25,000 pounds of protein to Oregon Food Bank. The donation,
equivalent to more than 100,000 servings, will help families fight
hunger across Oregon, Clark County and Washington where one in five
individuals are food insecure.
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“Each year, we provide millions of meals to the many people in
need throughout our community,” said Katie Pearmine, strategic
sourcing manager for Oregon Food Bank. “We are grateful to
Smithfield and Fred Meyer for this large protein donation, which
allows us to provide high-quality protein to agencies and people
throughout our service area.”
Smithfield and Fred Meyer representatives presented the donation
to Oregon Food Bank at the event yesterday morning. Members from
all three organizations discussed food insecurity in the local
community and the significance of this donation in helping the more
than 270,000 individuals who seek support from Oregon Food Bank
each month.
“At Fred Meyer, we are passionate about serving those in need
and helping end hunger,” said Zach Stratton, community affairs
manager for Fred Meyer. “We share a long-standing relationship with
Feeding America, much like Smithfield, and are honored to be taking
an active role in alleviating hunger and food insecurity in the
communities we call home.”
Smithfield’s donation to Oregon Food Bank was a part of the
Helping Hungry Homes® 2017 nationwide donation tour. Throughout the
annual tour, Smithfield will provide large-scale protein donations
to more than 50 food banks across the country. This donation adds
to the more than 65 million servings of protein donated since
2011.
“Smithfield is proud to support and provide high-quality protein
to the Oregon Food Bank,” said Dennis Pittman, senior director of
hunger relief for Smithfield Foods. “As a global food company, we
understand the importance of proper nutrition and value our
responsibility to raise awareness of and address hunger throughout
the country.”
Following today’s event, Helping Hungry Homes® will visit
Chicago, Illinois next month. For more information about Helping
Hungry Homes® and a list of upcoming donation events, visit
helpinghungryhomes.com.
About Smithfield FoodsSmithfield Foods is a $14
billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor
and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the
leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands
including SmithfieldⓇ, EckrichⓇ, Nathan's FamousⓇ, FarmlandⓇ,
ArmourⓇ, John MorrellⓇ, Cook'sⓇ, KretschmarⓇ, GwaltneyⓇ, Curly'sⓇ,
MargheritaⓇ, CarandoⓇ, Healthy OnesⓇ, KrakusⓇ, MorlinyⓇ and
BerlinkiⓇ. Smithfield Foods is committed to providing good food in
a responsible way and maintains robust animal care, community
involvement, employee safety, environmental and food safety and
quality programs. For more information, visit
www.smithfieldfoods.com.
About Oregon Food BankOregon Food Bank works to
eliminate hunger and its root causes... because no one should
be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the
human spirit, communities thrive when people are nourished, and
everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps
feed the human spirit of 1 in 5 households through a food
distribution network of four Oregon Food Bank branches and 17
regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources
for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger
through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and
garden education, health care screening and innovative programming.
Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.
About Fred MeyerFred Meyer Stores, based in
Portland, Ore., offers one-stop shopping at its 133
multi-department stores in four western states. More than 30,000
Fred Meyer associates help customers fill their food, apparel, and
general merchandise needs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Stores range in size from 65,000 to 200,000 square feet and carry
more than 250,000 products under one roof. Additionally, Fred Meyer
contributes more than $4 million to communities across the
Northwest each year through grants from the Fred Meyer Foundation
as well as product donations, cash donations and sponsorships. Fred
Meyer also donates more than 4 million pounds of food to local food
banks each year via the Perishable Donation Program. Fred Meyer
Stores is a division of The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR). For more
information, please visit our Web site
at www.fredmeyer.com.
Media Contacts:
Dalton Agency
for Smithfield
Kaytee Allaben(904)
226-9890kallaben@daltonagency.com |
Oregon Food
BankMyrna Jensen(907)
350-6260mjensen@oregonfoodbank.org
|
Fred
MeyerZach Stratton(971)
258-1193zach.stratton@fredmeyer.com |
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