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Tyson gives S.A. Food Bank more than 15 tons of chicken
Web Posted: 03/12/2008 08:32 PM CDT
Jeorge Zarazua

Express-News Tyson Foods Inc. donated more than 31,000 pounds of chicken Wednesday to the San Antonio Food Bank, its first major donation to a Texas hunger relief organization as a result of a partnership with the League of United Latin American Citizens and America's Second Harvest.
Eric Cooper, the food bank's executive director, called it "a significant donation in our world."

This center of the plate product is the most highly demanded product and the least supplied," Cooper said. "So this donation from Tyson is like gold."

The donation was made in advance of LULAC's 2008 National Women's Conference, to be held Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa.

Tyson, as part of the partnership formed last year, pledged to distribute 1 million pounds of chicken during the next three years to combat hunger relief in Latino communities throughout the country, said Javier Ortiz, the company's multicultural communications and community relations manager.

Ortiz said an initial donation of more than 35,000 pounds of chicken was made to the Chicago Food Depository at the time the partnership was announced. Chicago was chosen as the initial recipient because it was the site of LULAC's annual convention in 2007.

The Chicago Food Depository is also a member of America's Second Harvest.

"What a better way to start than have this donation here in San Antonio," Ortiz said.

Nearly 70 percent of those who receive assistance through the San Antonio Food Bank are Latinos. Nationwide, about 17 percent of people getting help from America's Second Harvest are Hispanic, according to the 2007 Hunger Almanac.

Rosa Rosales, national LULAC president, said the donated protein will provide 120,000 meals to families in San Antonio and South Texas.

"I know the food service bank will do a great job in its distribution centers in making sure that people will get these meals," Rosales said.

Cooper said he expected all of the donated chicken would be distributed to the food bank's member agencies, such as shelters and soup kitchens, by Friday.

"This is just the beginning," Rosales said. "We're looking forward to having a total of 1 million pounds be distributed across the country to help end hunger. ... A good quality of life can only be achieved when you have food in your stomach."

Besides its food donations, Tyson has agreed to help produce an in-depth study of the extent and root causes of hunger among Latinos as part of its partnership with LULAC and America's Second Harvest.


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