Smithfield Foods Donates 40,000 Pounds of Protein to New Orleans for Hurricane Ida Relief
Smithfield Foods is donating 40,000 pounds of protein to New Orleans via a truck shipment to support hunger relief in the wake of catastrophic damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida, one of the most intense hurricanes to ever strike Louisiana, which left nearly a million residents without power or water on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The 160,000 protein servings will be intercepted in Louisiana by Mercy Chefs, a Portsmouth, Va.-based non-profit that deploys to disaster zones across America to serve free chef-prepared, restaurant-quality hot meals to victims, volunteers and first responders.