Seaboard Triumph Foods donated 6,000 pounds of Prairie Fresh® pork to Operation BBQ Relief
Sioux City, Iowa (Aug. 27, 2020) – 6,000 pounds of Prairie Fresh® pork headed out to eastern Iowa Friday, August 21, to Operation BBQ Relief (OBR) as Gov. Kim Reynolds served their 8 millionth hot barbecue meal to those affected by the derecho in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Prairie Fresh® is the official pork supplier to OBR. OBR mobilizes barbecue cook teams into natural disaster areas to provide hot barbecue meals to those impacted and volunteers helping with the aftermath of the storms. As of Friday, August 21, OBR had served 45,800 meals and planned to serve another 9,400 meals that day. STF and its parent companies, Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, helped make that happen by donating Prairie Fresh® products prior to the deployment.
OBR is still currently deployed in eastern Iowa with a team of passionate volunteers committed to provide hope, compassion and friendship one hot barbecue meal at a time. However, the organization is still in need of monetary donations and more volunteers. Celebrities Ashton Kutcher and Kurt Warner from Cedar Rapids shared OBR’s GoFundMe campaign on their social media pages, but they still need your help. To donate, find feeding-cedar-rapids at gofundme.com. To volunteer, visit OBR.org.
“We continue to be amazed by the commitment and dedication of OBR and its volunteers, especially so during a pandemic,” says Tori O’Connell, Seaboard Triumph Foods communications specialist. “Being able to serve a record-breaking number of meals to families in Cedar Rapids is equally amazing, and we are honored to be a part of it. We continue to be in awe of Operation BBQ Relief’s work of providing compassion, hope, and friendship one hot barbecue meal at a time.”
About the Operation BBQ Relief Operation
BBQ Relief is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports communities following natural disasters with hot barbecue meals to those in need and on the front lines. After the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., in May 2011, competitive pit masters from eight different states answered the call to feed displaced families and first responders and served over 120,000 meals over 13 days. This experience was the catalyst that started what Operation BBQ Relief is today. With the help of more than 14,000 volunteers, Operation BBQ Relief has provided more than 8 million meals throughout the United States since its inception. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization has provided over 4 million meals to first responders, medical workers, veterans, families and organizations affected by the Seaboard Triumph Foods 5555 Seaboard Triumph Parkway Sioux City, Iowa 51111 www.seaboardtriumphfoods.com pandemic. In 2017, Stan Hays, CEO and Co-Founder was recognized as one of the “CNN Heroes” for his work with Operation BBQ Relief. For more information, visit www.obr.org or follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @opbbqrelief.
About Seaboard Triumph Foods
The Seaboard Triumph Foods Sioux City plant is equally owned by strategic partners Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods who connect every step between farms and family tables around the world to produce wholesome pork products, while ensuring the well-being of its animals, the environment, employees and communities. Seaboard Triumph Foods’ modern and automated facility opened in 2017 and proudly produces Prairie Fresh® pork to our local communities, country and world.