Tyson Foods, Inc., in conjunction with the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s College Aggies Online scholarship competition (CAO) and the University of Georgia Dairy Science Club, donated a load of protein to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, located in Athens, Georgia.

The 30,400 pound load of chicken, which will provide more than 120,000 servings of protein, arrived at the food bank. Representatives from Tyson Foods, the Alliance and the University of Georgia Dairy Club were present to help deliver the chicken.

The donation was the result of a challenge posed to this fall’s participants in the Alliance’s CAO program.

“We’re always looking for ways to raise awareness about the seriousness of hunger across the country,” said Tyson Foods’ director of social media Jack Pate. “And this is one of those events that does that, while meeting the immediate need of hunger that so many face.”

This past fall, participating student organizations were assigned a variety of challenges, including hosting a food drive on their college campuses. The University of Georgia’s Dairy Science Club collected over 250 pounds of food to win this year’s food drive challenge, earning a donation in their honor from CAO program sponsor Tyson Foods.

“Tyson Foods has a rich history of supporting hunger relief efforts nationwide,” said Kay Johnson Smith, Alliance president and CEO. “We are so proud that we were able to inspire this year’s CAO participants to give back to their local communities through Tyson’s sponsorship and involvement in the program.”

“We were grateful for the food that University of Georgia’s Dairy Science Club collected through their food drive, and are even more excited to receive this truckload of chicken from Tyson,” said John Becker, president and CEO of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. “We appreciate the club’s dedication to fighting hunger in our community and are very thankful to Tyson for their significant contribution.”