WHAT: Smithfield Foods and Fareway Food Stores will donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to River Bend Foodbank in Davenport as part of Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes® initiative. This considerable donation provides nearly 160,000 servings of protein, a staple of a well-balanced meal, to people in the Quad Cities region where one in eight people faces hunger every day.
A brief press conference will take place to help raise awareness of hunger and discuss the significance of protein donations in helping community members become more food secure.
Helping Hungry Homes® is Smithfield Foods’ initiative focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure. This donation is a part of the initiative’s annual nationwide tour, which will provide significant protein donations to nearly 60 food banks across the country this year.
WHO: Representatives from Smithfield, Fareway and River Bend Foodbank
WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 3 @ 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: River Bend Foodbank
4010 Kimmel Drive
Davenport, IA 52802
Media check-in: 10:15 a.m.
Since 2011, Helping Hungry Homes® has provided more than 65 million servings of protein to food banks across America. For more information about Helping Hungry Homes® and a list of upcoming donation events, visit helpinghungryhomes.com.
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About Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a $15 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 River Bend Foodbank
The Foodbank is the largest hunger relief organization in the Quad Cities and surrounding communities, having distributed over 11 million meals in 2016 to hungry people in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Our mission is to lead the community-wide effort to end hunger in Iowa and Illinois. We do this through food distribution in partnership with our 300 agencies as well as our Mobile Pantries, Senior Pantries, and Backpack Program. The best and easiest way to help is to go online: visit us at riverbendfoodbank.org.
About Fareway Food Stores
Fareway Stores, Inc. is a Midwest grocery company currently operating 117 store locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Fareway holds family values in the highest regard, demonstrating integrity, fairness and honesty in relationships with customers, employees, vendors, and suppliers. Visit Fareway.com for more information.
