Shortly earlier than Christmas, the Tyson Meals plant in Columbus Junction was capable of make a donation of 12,000 kilos of meat to the Pearl Metropolis Outreach meals financial institution in Muscatine.
COLUMBUS JUNCTION — On Thursday, Tyson Meals introduced that, all through the previous fiscal yr, it had donated 64 million meals (or 16 million kilos of protein) throughout the nation to combat nationwide starvation.
In a information launch, Tim Grailer, senior director of company social duty mentioned, “We stay dedicated to addressing meals insecurity, supporting our workforce members and bettering the standard of life within the communities the place we function. We all know our efforts are stronger by way of collaboration, and we’re honored to work with a community of excellent group companions.”
The Columbus Junction Tyson Meals plant donated 12,000 kilos of protein to Pearl Metropolis Outreach in Muscatine on December 22.
Based on Pastor Sharon Phillips, this donation got here simply in time — not only for the vacations — however for the individuals the meals financial institution serves. In the course of the vacation season, Pearl Metropolis Outreach places collectively meals baskets for individuals in want or who in any other case wouldn’t be capable to have a vacation meal.
“We assist the those that fall between the cracks, and this yr we had 150 baskets to make,” Phillips mentioned. “However once we bought all the way down to 100, we wanted meat desperately. So I talked to Chaplain Joseph Blay at Tyson, and after solely a day they introduced us what we wanted and we have been capable of assist all of those households.”