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Smithfield Foods, Inc. and its family of subsidiaries reach out to the families of the Gulf Coast
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Smithfield Packing Company employees in Smithfield, Va., load two trucks with lunchmeat that will help feed Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana and Mississippi. Two employees, Nathaniel Johnson and John Humphrey, volunteered to drive the trucks because both are from Mississippi and have family members living in the area devastated by the hurricane.
A Farmland Foods employee in Crete, Neb., secures a truck loaded with lunch meat which is headed for Baton Rouge, La., to help feed Hurricane Katrina victims. Farmland is shipping 38,000 pounds of sliced ham from its Crete, Neb., and Wichita, Kan., plants, and about 32,000 bottles of water and about 40,000 pounds of ice from its Kansas City, Mo., facility.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries Farmland Foods, John Morrell and Smithfield Packing Companies are donating truckloads of water, ice and lunchmeat to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. More than 143,000 pounds of ready-to-eat lunchmeat are being sent to the Baton Rouge metropolitan area in care of America's Second Harvest, which is the largest hunger-relief charity in the United States. The not-for-profit organization will be distributing the donated Smithfield items at readily accessible points located along the path of the hurricane.
The donated meat, along with 80,000 pounds of ice and 32,000 16-ounce bottles of water are being transported in six Smithfield Foods trucks. At three ounces per serving, the lunchmeat will provide approximately 763,000 sandwiches.
Farmland Foods is shipping 38,000 pounds of sliced ham from its Crete, Neb., and Wichita, Kan., processing plants, and more than 32,000 16-ounce bottles of water and about 40,000 pounds of ice from its Kansas City, Mo., facility. John Morrell is shipping 40,000 pounds of lunchmeat from its Sioux Falls, S.D., processing plant and 40,000 pounds of ice from its Cumberland Gap Provision Co. facility in Middlesboro, Ky.
In addition, Smithfield Packing Company, in Smithfield, Va., has committed two trailer loads-65,000 pounds-of lunch meat. The two Smithfield Packing truck drivers-Nathaniel Johnson and John Humphrey-volunteered for the assignment because both are from Mississippi and have family members living in the area devastated by the hurricane.
Smithfield Foods also is establishing an assistance program that will collect monetary donations from employees to help victims.