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With
Thanksgiving upon us, it is a perfect time to give thanks and share in the
holiday spirit.
In their deep-seated conviction that community is family,
Interstate Container proudly assisted their long-time partner, Mountaire Farms,
in their efforts to provide Thanksgiving meals to over 50,000 Delmarva
residents.
Mountaire’s
Thanksgiving for Thousands, a program that began 18 years ago, aims to foster a
spirit of community and lasting partnership among residents, companies, and
many other contributors all along the
To
that end, on November 19, hundreds of volunteers, including employees from
Mountaire and Interstate Container, worked together in Mountaire’s Selbyville,
DE warehouse to pack over 7000 dinner boxes in time for the holidays.
Every
box distributed will provide all the necessary ingredients to cook a nutritious
Thanksgiving dinner for up to six people. These ingredients include a Mountaire
chicken, corn, string beans, pork and beans, yams, stuffing mix, gravy,
cranberry sauce and brownie mix. The Wilmington News Journal, The Daily Times,
and WBOC-TV provided live coverage of this unique outpouring of community
support.
Two
days before Thanksgiving, the dinner boxes were distributed from the Dagsboro
Church of God parking lot in Dagsboro, DE, to food pantries, governmental
agencies, churches, and shut-ins.
Interstate
Container plants in Cambridge, MD and Reading, PA have worked closely with
suppliers Mark/Trece, Inc. and Stafford Cutting Dies, Inc. to produce and
donate the 10,000 corrugated boxes needed for the food drive.
Mountaire Farms & Interstate Container: A History of Innovative Partnership
This is not the first time Mountaire and Interstate Container have joined
forces to benefit a wider community. In 2009, Interstate Container Cambridge
collaborating with Mountaire Farms developed Greencoat®, an innovative
alternative to traditional wax boxes. Greencoat® boxes have significantly
reduced Mountaire Farm’s carbon footprint and streamlined its supply chain. The
FBA-certified, 100% recyclable, repulpable and compostable box can be used to
pack poultry, meat, seafood, fresh produce, floral, and stone products.
This
project earned the Pioneering Award from Global Green’s Coalition for Resource
Recovery (CoRR) at their Sustainability Awards Ceremony in 2010. In the same
year, Interstate Container Cambridge also received the WMDT/Mountaire Farms Environmental Star of the Month Award for outstanding achievement in promoting
environmentalism on the
About
Interstate Container
Interstate Container, a division of
Interstate Resources, produces award-winning sustainable corrugated packaging
solutions for food processing industries; retail and shelf ready packaging;
counter, pallet and POP displays; shipping and transport boxes, custom dunnage
and packing materials; and corrugated boards and sheets.
Plants are located in Lowell and Westminster,
MA; North Brunswick, NJ; Reading, PA; Cambridge, MD; Asheville and Greensboro,
NC; Columbia, SC; and Greeneville, TN.
Anne Potterton
Sales Account Manager
Interstate Container
Tel: 410.708.2929
888-267-7722
Email: anne.potterton[at]InterstateContainer.com
Website: www.interstatecontainer.com
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