Food Bank Gets 40,000-Pound Donation

TYLER — In celebration of Memorial Day, the Smithfield Packing Company has partnered with Brookshire Grocery Co. to donate a combined 40,000 pounds of food to the East Texas Food Bank. According to a Food Bank news release, “This significant donation in Tyler is part of Smithfield’s Helping Hungry Homes tour, the company’s coast-to-coast effort to help families and individuals become more food secure. Through this program, Smithfield has donated and delivered more than 25.4 million servings of protein to food-assistance organizations across the country.”