Tyson Foods recently assisted many Team Members who endured dangerous conditions after ice storms devastated parts of Northwest Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Food distributions were provided to Team Members and local food banks to help those who were stranded in their homes without power or forced to stay at shelters to avoid the cold temperatures in homes temporarily without heat or damaged by falling trees and limbs.
“Since disaster relief is a critical part of how we give back, it only makes since for us to take care of our own people and communities when they’re affected,” says Ed Nicholson, director of Community Relations.
“There were a group of managers who came together, realizing there would be some need as a result of the storm. People had lost power and lost work. We arranged for some food to be donated in several locations in Northwest Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Since the ice storms, we’ve given out more than 200,000 pounds of food to our Team Members and growers,” Ed says.
Food was also donated to local food shelters in the area to help people in the communities affected by the ice storm. Ed says the feedback from Team Members and the community in those areas has been very positive.
“Thank you very much. This will come in handy. We have been without power since Tuesday, and someone said they hope to have it back on by Saturday night. Thanks again, I will pray Tyson Foods will be blessed by doing this for all of us at a time like this,” says a letter of appreciation from one Team Member.