Tyson Foods donates $75,000 for new freezer at NWA Food Bank

The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank just purchased a new freezer made possible by a $75,000 donation from Tyson Foods. The addition will help the food bank store more product for the 180 partner agencies it distributes food to annually.

Last year the NWA Food Bank distributed 6.7 million pounds of food serving nearly 700,000 hungry people in Washington, Carroll, Madison and Benton counties.

Food bank officials said the agency has had to turn away food donations in recent years because of a lack of cold storage capacity.