Thanksgiving for Thousands packing day is Nov. 22
Mountaire Farms is getting ready to host its annual Thanksgiving for Thousands program, where employees and volunteers will pack 26,000 meal boxes – the most ever – for families in need on Delmarva and in North Carolina.
The Delmarva meal-packing event will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, Nov. 22, at the Mountaire warehouse on Railroad Avenue in Selbyville. There are still volunteer spots available. Go to signupgenius.com/go/tft2021 to sign up. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older, and all COVID protocols will be in place.
More than 150 volunteers are expected to pack 10,000 boxes with a meal for a family of four. Each box contains a Mountaire roaster chicken, corn, green beans, stuffing, gravy, cranberries and brownies.
Boxes are loaded onto refrigerated trucks and sent to Crossroad Community Church near Georgetown for distribution to groups starting at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23. All groups have been preregistered and given instructions on pickup and safe handling of the meal boxes.
Individuals who are interested in getting a box for a family in need can also take part this year in a drive-thru distribution event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23, at five locations in Sussex County:
Bridgeville – Gateway Fellowship, 8110 Cannon Road; Georgetown – City of Georgetown Sand Hill Road Lot, 20330 Sand Hill Road; Laurel – Laurel Wesleyan, 30186 Seaford Road; Milford – United Church, 985 N. Dupont Blvd.; and Seaford – St. John’s United Methodist Church, 300 N. Pine St.
In North Carolina, employees from three processing plant will be packing 16,000 boxes during the month.
About Mountaire Farms
Mountaire Farms is an agricultural food processing company providing work for nearly10,000 people at facilities in Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. For more information, visit mountaire.com.
