Winn Meat Company Lends a Helping Hand in 2007
This year, the Winn Meat Company team has been honored to help some very worthy causes in communities across Texas.  

Operation Frontline: Educating Those in Need

Winn Meat Company Sales Team member Jose Vargas is an instructor in Operation Frontline’s program to educate agencies serving those in need how to better use their resources and enhance nutrition. Winn Meat Company is the provider of all protein for Operation Frontline’s programs. Jose taught this class at Metrocrest Social Services at First Christian Church, Carrollton.

The Days of Change Tour: Calling for Volunteers

Winn Meat Company Vice President of Product Development, Jamie Samford, hosted a program at the historic Plano Balloon Festival this year, in conjunction with North Texas Food Bank’s Operation Front Line and Kashi Foods: The Days of Change Tour. Operation Frontline is a program that helps agencies across the United States that are serving the needy to better utilize foods for maximum nutrition and cost efficiency. Jamie Samford is a lead educator for this program.

The Days of Change Tour is communicating the need for Operation Frontline Chefs and volunteers in the North Texas Community.

Caritas of Austin: Helping the Homeless

Each quarter, Winn Meat Company hosts WINN’s Days on Wednesdays, where the Winn team provides protein and cooks for the homeless in Austin at Caritas of Austin.  Pictured here at the Caritas kitchen are (left) WMC Austin Sales Team member Michael Pearce and WMC Austin Sales Manager Mark Ecton.  

In Houston and Across Texas
March of Dimes: Improving the Health of Infants

Along with leading instruction for the North Texas Food Bank’s/Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline, Winn Meat Company Vice President of Product Development and Corporate Chef Jamie Samford hosted stations across Texas for the March of Dimes Signature Chefs fundraiser to help improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

Winn Meat Company Corporate Chef Jamie Samford and Fort Worth’s leading chefs teamed up to raise money for March of Dimes at Signature Chefs Tarrant County.

Chef Jamie Samford and his wife Carol
take a break after Dallas’ Signature Chef event at the new Ritz-Carlton.