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GIVING BACK
Cargill
The Kansas African American Museum
(TKAAM) received a $500,000 donation
from Cargill's North American protein
business, which has headquarters in
Wichita, Kan. The donation will support
the museum's relocation to a larger facility
that will feature new exhibits that honor
the state's Black history.
The current museum is in the historic
Calvary Baptist Church, which previously
was a cornerstone of Wichita's Black
community. Congregation leaders built the
church in 1917. The building hosted jazz
artists, Negro League baseball stars, and
was the home of Hattie McDaniel, the first
African American Academy Award winner,
and one of the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.'s lawyers, Donald L. Hollowell, among
other dignitaries.
" After several years of hard work
and dedication from many, I am thrilled
to have this good news to share, " said
Ebony Clemons Ajibolade, board president
at TKAAM. " The new museum and
cultural center will be a place for all. The
expanded space will enable us to better
share our stories through interactive
exhibitions and programs that will unite
and capture the attention of visitors from
near and far. We are thankful for corporate
partners such as Cargill who continue to
believe in and support the TKAAM mission
and vision. "
Butterball
More than 60 sales
and marketing team
members at Butterball
packed more than
27,000 meals for the
Food Bank of Central &
Eastern North Carolina,
and care packages and
backpacks were filled
with essentials for a
Durham, NC, women's
shelter and the Mount
Olive, NC, school
district. Additionally, first
responders who support
Butterball facilities in
Huntsville, Jonesboro
and Ozark, Ark., and
Carthage, Mo., were sent
hand-written thank you
cards and Walmart gift
cards.
Butterball employs
nearly 6,500 people in
North Carolina, Arkansas
and Missouri.
Mission BBQ
Mission BBQ, a fast-casual
restaurant chain, donated
$369,590 to national nonprofit
Wreaths Across
America (WAA), an organization founded
to continue and expand the annual wreathlaying
ceremony at Arlington National
Cemetery. The donation will help sponsor
more than 24,000 veterans' wreaths to
remember fallen US service members at
101 participating locations during the 2023
holiday season.
The company collected the donations
through sales of its American Heroes Cups,
with $2 of every cup purchased going to
the WAA. MISSION BBQ co-founder Bill
Kraus presented the donation to Karen
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Worcester, Wreaths Across
America executive director,
in Columbia, Md.
" In 2022 Wreaths Across
America's theme was 'Find
a Way to Serve,' and Mission BBQ is a
company who has committed to doing
just that, " Worcester said. " The impact
they make in the communities they serve,
through the generous support of their
customers, is significant. They go above
and beyond to not only support our
yearlong mission to 'Remember, Honor
and Teach,' but so many other important
programs in communities where their
employees and customers live and work.
We will forever be grateful for their
support and commitment to the mission. "
" Our people are our
greatest asset, " said Jay
Jandrain, chief executive
officer at Butterball.
" Their dedication to
making meaningful
contributions to their
communities is just one
of the many ways we
serve our company's
purpose to help people
pass love on. I'm proud
of the team's generous
spirit at the national
meeting and look
forward to additional
giving opportunities this
year, " he said.
Mission BBQ; Butterball
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