OBR to serve 40,000 plus meals a day in Hurricane Michael disaster relief
Two loads of Prairie Fresh pork produced by Seaboard Triumph Foods headed to Florida
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Oct. 15, 2018) — Two truckloads of Prairie Fresh pork will head out tomorrow from the Seaboard Triumph Foods Sioux City pork processing plant to Panama City, Fla., to support Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) in providing hot barbecue meals to those affected by Hurricane Michael.
OBR mobilizes barbecue cook teams into natural disaster areas to provide hot barbecue meals to those impacted and the many people who come to help. OBR expects to serve nearly 40,000 meals a day this week at its two deployment sites located in Panama City and Tallahassee, Fla. Prairie Fresh Pork is the official pork supplier to OBR. In addition to these two truckloads — about 220,000 hot barbecue meals when cooked, STF and its parent companies Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods shipped additional Prairie Fresh products to Florida this weekend and prior to the deployment, which began serving hot meals on Oct. 12.
OBR completed a 16-day deployment on Oct. 1 in Wilmington, N.C., following Hurricane Florence with more than 300,000 meals served. During that deployment, OBR served a milestone 2 millionth meal since it was founded in 2011. With back-to-back major deployments, OBR volunteers’ spirits and commitment to provide hope, compassion and friendship one hot barbecue meal at a time remains strong. However, the organization is in need of monetary donations and more volunteers. To donate or volunteer, go to OBR.org.
“We continued to be amazed by the commitment and dedication of OBR and its volunteers, especially after just completing a record-breaking long deployment in North Carolina,” says David Eaheart, Prairie Fresh sr. director of communications and brand marketing. “With a hot barbecue meal comes comfort that not only nourishes the body but the soul, especially during the tough times people are facing following Hurricane Michael. OBR is truly living we its mission to bring hope, compassion and friendship one hot barbecue meal at a time.”
Operation Barbecue Relief is a 501 (c) 3 disaster relief organization. Founded in 2011, Operation BBQ Relief has grown to include over 6,700 volunteers and fed more than 2.1 million meals. Along with those hot BBQ meals, Operation BBQ Relief serves up sides of compassion, hope and friendship to those whose lives have been affected by disasters across the United States.
Prairie Fresh® is the brand of a uniquely connected food system relentlessly seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork by purposely connecting every step between its farms and family tables around the world. Prairie Fresh pork is raised on farms in the Great Plains and Midwest and is processed by Seaboard Triumph Foods in Sioux City, Iowa; Triumph Foods in St. Joseph, Mo.; and Seaboard Foods in Guymon, Okla. A continued commitment to creating the most sought-after pork ensures the well-being of its animals, the environment, employees and the communities they call home. Prairie Fresh is the official pork supplier to OBR, and has supplied OBR with pork to serve more than 600,000 meals following natural disasters in 2018.
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