With his example, Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the importance of serving our community. He lived to serve and make a difference. In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Tyson Foods, follows in Doctor King’s footsteps by donating a truckload of 30,673 pounds of protein to the Capital Area Food Bank.
Thanks to their donation, they’re helping provide more than 25,000 meals to Central Texans in need.
“To truly end hunger, it’s going to take all of us,” Food Bank Board of Directors member Jeff Rose said. “Donations like these are extremely important especially because getting protein and nutrition is such a challenge for the Food Bank clients.”
Tyson’s commitment to serve the people in the communities they operate will help feed the more than 46,000 clients the Food Bank helps a week.
“No one should be hungry in this country, or anywhere, and those of us who have food that can donate want to do our part,” Tyson Foods Executive Vice President of Public Affairs Sara Lilygren said. “The food bank that’s serving Central Texas is just an amazing example of what people with focus and vision can do. We love to help a great operation like this food bank extend themselves to be able to feed more people.”
Helping fight hunger is an ongoing battle that takes everyone’s effort. In addition to the Food Bank’s donation, Tyson Foods also recognized Lola Stephen-Bell, a leader in her community who knows first-hand the need in her neighborhood.
After hurricane Katrina hit, Lola moved to Austin. She began cleaning up her neighborhood in East Austin, and now runs a restaurant, Nubian Queen Lola’s Cajun Soul Food Cafe, where she helps feed those in need and delivers meals to hungry families in her neighborhood four days a week.
To help support her efforts, Tyson Foods will be providing Lola protein twice a week to supplement the meals she cooks. They also presented her with a bus equipped with all the materials needed to make it easier to deliver hot meals in her neighborhood.
“God used Tyson with his mighty hand,” Lola said. “Now the people will be fed without a doubt, because I have to do God’s will.”
Thanks to donors like Tyson Foods and community leaders like Lola, we can continue to fight hunger in Central Texas.
