Donation is part of the Oklahoma Pork Council's annual Give-A-Ham Challenge, which rallies pork producers and food industry partners to help Oklahomans facing food insecurity.
Smithfield Foods and Kroger hand out free holiday hams and grocery bags filled with side dishes as part of its Season of Serving food distribution event.
The 2025-2026 Commonwealth Clash kicks off with a football game on Nov. 29, 2025, in Charlottesville, Va., and spans 22 sports throughout the academic year.
Smithfield Foods, alongside the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, donates 62,000 pounds of protein to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and Feeding Southwest Virginia.
More than 20 Smithfield employees volunteer at the 29th Annual Mayflower Marathon Holiday Food and Fund Drive, unloading and organizing donated food items.
Donated food items include ham, bacon and pork chops, which will provide more than 137,000 servings to support Paul’s Pantry in Green Bay and St. Joesph Food Program in Menasha, both in Wisconsin.
Smithfield Commonwealth Clash rivals University of Virginia and Virginia Tech bring their competition off the court and into the campus community to fight food insecurity.