Vought Annual Food Drive Raises 596,025 Cans.DALLAS -- Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. announced today it has raised 596,025 cans for its annual food drive, exceeding the company's 2004 goal of 500,000 cans. Employees in California, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Washington participated in the Vought Can Do! food drive Dec. 7-10. Since this annual drive began 22 years ago, Vought has contributed more than 14 million cans to food banks in local communities. In California, the canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. drive benefits the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Regional Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank in Orange County. In Florida, the beneficiary is the United Way White Doves Project. In Georgia, the Milledgeville drive benefits the St. Stephen's Food Bank and The Empty Stocking. Nashville's donations will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee “Middle Tennessee” redirects here. For the university in Murfreesboro, see Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to law as well as custom. . In Texas, the contributions go to the North Texas Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank The Tarrant Area Food Bank (NTFB) is a non-profit food bank located in Fort Worth, Texas. NTFB was established in 1982 to address the issue of hunger in the North Texas region, by securing surplus unmarketable but wholesome food and grocery products for distribution to area . In Washington, the Vought drive benefits the Maltby Food Bank. During the food drive, employees participate in numerous fundraising events -- from food sales, silent auctions, games and raffles to the sale of Can Do! shirts and hats. Voluntary payroll deductions contributed throughout the year adds to the total. Members of Vought's management team joined employees during the week as volunteer cooks and servers. "This is the first time that our employees in Nashville, Brea and Everett have participated in the company's canned food drive," said Tom Stubbins, Vought vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "The magnitude of what our employees accomplished this year to help stock local food shelves is incredible. Their generosity is remarkable." Vought extends thanks to restaurants in the Dallas area who prepared, delivered and served meals for employees, donating the proceeds to the food drive: Applebee's, Johnny Carino's, Mercado Juarez, Eurest Dining Services, Don Pablo's Don Pablo’s was founded in Lubbock, Texas, in 1985. The company has 91 restaurants in 18 states. The menu features Tex-Mex items, made-from-scratch salsa, tortillas and sauces and a range of other Mexican specialties. , Beto's, Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar (also commonly referred to as B-Dubs) is a sports bar and restaurant franchise in the United States that is best-known for its buffalo wings. , Colters, and Eddie Deen. Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. (www.voughtaircraft.com) is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of aerostructures. Headquartered in Dallas, the company designs and manufactures major airframe structures such as wings, fuselage subassemblies, empennages, nacelles and other components for prime manufacturers of aircraft. Vought has annual sales of approximately $1.2 billion and more than 6,000 employees in seven U.S. locations. |
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