On Friday morning, Tyson Foods Inc. donated more than 30,000 pounds of protein to the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) to help fight hunger in Georgia.

The donation is part of the company’s 2012 “Show Us Your Nugget Face” promotion, where the public voted on their favorite children pictured with Tyson Chicken Nuggets, and Tyson Foods pledged to donate 1 million pounds of food to hunger relief organizations across America.

“With nearly 340,000 children at risk of hunger in the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s service area, partnerships like the one we have with Tyson are very important,” ACFB Procurement Manager Holly Royston said in a statement. “We couldn’t help nearly as many families without their support.”

Nearly 17 percent of the people living in the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s service area in metro Atlanta and north Georgia are

Article source: http://midtown.patch.com/articles/acfb-receives-hefty-donation-from-tyson-foods

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