Christmas for Thousands spreads holiday cheer
Mountaire Farms adds to total of more than 23,000 meal boxes packed this year for Delmarva families
Once again, the Mountaire Farms Selbyville warehouse is filled with volunteers helping pack 3,500 meal boxes during the company’s annual Christmas for Thousands food distribution. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
December 20, 2021
More than 100 volunteers helped Mountaire Farms staff pack 3,500 meal boxes Dec. 20 at its Selbyville plant. The boxes, with food for a family of four, were picked up at the warehouse that day by more than 50 churches, nonprofit groups and organizations for distribution in their own communities. Mountaire’s Thanksgiving for Thousands in November was a record breaker, with 10,000 meals packed in Delaware and another 16,000 meal boxes in North Carolina. Mountaire will have another meal distribution for Easter 2022.
Packed meal boxes sit on a long assembly line ready to be picked up by organizations for distribution.
Indian River High School baseball team members do the heavy lifting as they load boxes into a waiting vehicle.
A flurry of activity saw the packing and loading of 3,500 meal boxes in about four hours.
Several members of the Indian River High School baseball team volunteered their efforts during Christmas for Thousands.
Lines of volunteers pack meal boxes with food for a family of four.
Two trucks are filled with meal boxes to take back to their communities for distribution.
Three times a year, Mountaire Farms musters hundreds of volunteers to help pack meal boxes for those in need at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
