Smithfield Foods distributed 7,300 free Smithfield Spiral Quarter Hams to brighten the holidays for individuals and families in the St. Charles, Illinois, area.
“The holiday season is a time of giving, so this was the perfect time for Smithfield to give back to our local community,” said Ashton Williams, plant manager of Smithfield’s St. Charles food-processing facility. “On behalf of our 2,000 employees in Illinois, we are honored to have the opportunity to share the spirit of the season with our neighbors in St. Charles.”
On December 21, volunteers from Smithfield distributed more than 6,200 Smithfield Spiral Quarter Hams on a first-come, first-served basis at the company’s St. Charles facility. The remaining hams were donated to several organizations, including the St. Charles Fire Department, the St. Charles Police Department, Dekalb Fire and Rescue, and Lazarus House, a homeless shelter in St. Charles. These organizations distributed the hams over the weekend.
Since 2008, Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes® program has donated hundreds of millions of protein servings to food banks, disaster relief efforts, and community outreach programs across the United States, as well as in Poland, Romania, and Mexico. In 2022, Smithfield donated nearly 25 million servings of protein to various organizations in the US. To further demonstrate their commitment to fighting food insecurity, Smithfield has pledged to donate 200 million servings of protein by 2025.
