Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh reports earlier this spring, a local trucking company, Sindt Transportation, was delivering frozen chicken to a customer when the driver realized he had accidentally been given one too many pallets of frozen chicken. The meat supplier told the trucking company to just go ahead and donate the chicken. But, getting rid of a pallet of frozen chicken is no small task when the pallet is 1400 pounds—700 boxes of 20 pounds of chicken. And, the refrigerated truck trailer was needed for business the next day.

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According to Hoegh, “This is one of those times when it is just so much fun to see how people in Cass County jump into action.” The trucking company made contact with the Lord’s Cupboard, a food pantry in Griswold, who then called Hoegh to see if anyone else could take chicken. Soon enough, Cumberland Care and Share, a food pantry in Cumberland, and the Anita Food Pantry, were on their way to Lyman to pick up chicken. Carol Seddon, a member of the Atlantic Kiwanis, drove down to get chicken to share with families who have children in Head Start.

Hoegh said “That chicken was gone in a matter of hours. It was fantastic. Huge thanks to Dan Mueller and Sindt Transportation for the chicken and to the people across the county who dropped what they were doing to make sure good food didn’t go to waste.”

Healthy Cass County is a community-focused network to promote the health and well-being of Cass County residents. Follow Healthy Cass County on Facebook @HealthyCassCounty. Reach out to Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh at bhoegh@iastate.edu or 712-249-5870 more information.