Mountaire Thanksgiving for Thousands volunteer event set Nov. 23

Mountaire Farms is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its signature holiday giving event, Thanksgiving for Thousands. Hundreds of employees and volunteers will gather to pack 14,500 complete meals for families in need from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, at its warehouse at 55 Hosier St., Selbyville.

“We continue to be so blessed to be able to partner with our local communities to make this event possible,” said JR LaPearl, director of Mountaire Cares, the charitable giving program at Mountaire. “We couldn’t do this without our volunteers, and our partners in the faith-based and nonprofit world. They are the real heroes in getting these boxes into the hands of families who need them.”

Designed to feed a family of four, each box contains a plump Mountaire roaster chicken, canned corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, yams, stuffing, gravy and brownie mix. Mountaire partners with Redner’s Markets, a grocery store and longtime Mountaire customer that provides all the shelf-stable food for the event.

All boxes have been reserved by hundreds of churches and nonprofit organizations that distribute them that day in the communities in and around Mountaire. On Delmarva, they get distributed in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. No walk-up distributions at packing locations are offered.