Mountaire Farms to host Christmas for Thousands Dec. 21

Mountaire Farms is partnering with hundreds of churches and nonprofits in four states this December to provide complete Christmas meals for families in need.

Each Mountaire Cares box can feed a family of four. Boxes are stuffed with a plump Mountaire roaster chicken, canned corn, green beans, yams, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and brownie mix.

On Delmarva, Mountaire’s annual Christmas for Thousands event is set for 8 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21, when more than 150 volunteers will help pack 3,000 meal boxes with enough food to feed 12,000 people. There will be no walk-up distributions for this event, as all boxes are already reserved for families, churches and nonprofits.

Mountaire also holds Christmas for Thousands events in Siler City, N.C., and Lumber Bridge, N.C.

“The need always seems greater during the holidays, and we are blessed to be able to do what we can to help families this time of year,” said J.R. LaPearl, director of Mountaire Cares, the company’s charitable giving program. “What I love about these events is that it brings people together to share love and kindness to one another. That is what Christmas is all about.”

The Christmas event is part of the company’s Thanksgiving for Thousands program that also feeds people at Easter.

For more information, go to mountaire.com.