SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND TWO ACTIONS FRIDAY BY TYSON FRESH MEATS WILL BENEFIT THE FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND.
FOOD BANK DIRECTOR LINDA SCHEID WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A $50,000 GRANT FROM TYSON FOR THE SCHOOL BACKPACK PROGRAM TO FEED CHILDREN ON WEEKENDS:
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THAT BRINGS TO EIGHT THE NUMBER OF LOCAL SCHOOLS SERVED BY THE BACKPACK PROGRAM WHICH SENDS FOOD HOME FOR THE WEEKEND FOR 1800 CHILDREN WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT GET A MEAL.
TYSON ALSO IS DONATING A SEMI TRUCK FULL OF PROTEIN TO THE FOODBANK:
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TYSON PRESENTED THEIR DONATIONS TO SCHEID AT THE COMPANY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THEIR BEEF PROCESSING PLANT LOCATED IN DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.