Source: MEATINGPLACE, 7/19/16

Smithfield's Helping Hungry Homes program made the 10th stop on its 2016 nationwide hunger-relief tour this morning to donate more than 35,000 pounds of protein to Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit. The donation will provide more than 140,000 servings and help the food bank continue to provide 79,000 meals each day to families and individuals suffering from hunger throughout southeastern Michigan.

Smithfield also partnered with Lowes Foods to donate 35,000 pounds of protein to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, and partnered with Food Lion to give 70,000 pounds of protein to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.

Smithfield and Houston football star Cecil Shorts III donated more than 70,000 pounds of protein to the Houston Food Bank as part of Smithfield's 14th stop on the nationwide Helping Hungry Homes tour. Smithfield partnered with Kroger to make this considerable contribution of more than 280,000 servings of protein.

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