More than 350 volunteers gathered Nov. 19 in Mountaire Farms’ Selbyville warehouse to pack 8,500 boxes for distribution to feed 40,000 people during the 24th annual Thanksgiving for Thousands.
A food drive has been ongoing since Nov. 10 in Sussex and Kent counties to collect donations for the boxes, which also contain a Mountaire chicken roaster. Boxes were distributed Nov. 20 to area churches and community organizations.
Mountaire also sponsors food drives around the Christmas and Easter holidays.