30 communities from coast to coast receiving free holiday turkeys.
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As part of its national More To Share? hunger-fighting program, Cargill Meat Solutions, producer of Honeysuckle White? turkey products, announced today that it will donate more than 116,000 pounds of turkey to help feed the hungry during the holidays. The donations are made in cooperation with Honeysuckle White? turkey's valued grocery partners in many markets to benefit food banks, soup kitchens and other hunger-fighting charities.
Across America, charities and other organizations in 30 cities will benefit from the More To Share? program by receiving donated Honeysuckle White? turkeys this year. Nationwide, this year's donated turkeys will help feed about 400,000 people in need this holiday season. Oklahoma City, including Norman, will be one of the communities and receiving turkeys through the Salvation Army. The complete list of Communities and the agencies receiving donations this year are:
Atlanta (Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless)
Baltimore (Bea Gaddy Family Center)
Boise, Idaho (Idaho Food Bank)
Boston (Greater Boston Food Bank)
Buffalo, N.Y. (Food Bank of Western New York)
Cincinnati (Freestore Foodbank)
Columbus, Ohio (Volunteers of America)
Dallas (Salvation Army)
Denver (Samaritan House)
Detroit (Capuchin Soup Kitchen)
Fort Worth, Tex. (Tarrant Area Food Bank)
Hartford-New Haven, Conn. (Connecticut Food Bank)
Indianapolis (Gleaners Food Bank)
Jacksonville, Fla. (Salvation Army)
Johnstown-Altoona, Pa. (St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank)
Kansas City, Mo. (City Union Mission)
Louisville, Ky. (Dare to Care)
Memphis, Tenn. (Variety Club)
Minneapolis (Community Emergency Assistance Program)
Oklahoma City (Salvation Army)
Phoenix (Salvation Army)
Pittsburgh (Salvation Army)
Portland, Maine (Wayside Soup Kitchen)
Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City Misson)
San Francisco (Second Harvest of the Bay Area)
Seattle (Salvation Army)
St. Louis (Operation Food Search)
Topeka, Kan. (Topeka Community Thanksgiving Dinner Foundation)
Washington, DC (Fort Myer Military Community ? Army Community Service
program)
Wichita, Kan. (YMCA)
"It is important and meaningful to us as a company to assist charities in feeding those in need who otherwise may not have turkey at Thanksgiving," said Lorena Rull of the Honeysuckle White? turkey More To Share? program. "Hunger is an ongoing problem, and charities need not only food items, but money and volunteers as well. Our donation is a starting point, and we challenge other businesses and individuals
across the nation to join us in helping to fight hunger however they can."
Since the More To Share? program began 10 years ago, Cargill Meat Solutions and its parent company Cargill, Incorporated have donated more than one million pounds of Honeysuckle White? turkey to charities across the country.
For more information about the Honeysuckle White? turkey More to Share? program, visit www.moretoshare.org.
