Smithfield Foods and its local Monmouth, Illinois, employees raised more than $158,000 for the United Way of Greater Warren County’s 2024 Workplace Campaign, breaking another fundraising record compared to previous years.
“United Way of Greater Warren County provides incredible support to our region in many different ways,” said Bruce Rundle, Monmouth general manager for Smithfield Foods and vice president for United Way of Greater Warren County’s board of directors. “Our 1,600 Smithfield employees consider the greater Monmouth, Illinois, area home and we are proud to do our part by supporting meaningful organizations committed to making a difference in the community.”
“Smithfield brings more than leadership and support to the region. It is about the people there – they bring a spirit of generosity, dedicated work, and gratitude,” said Jeannie Weber, executive director of the United Way of Greater Warren County. “Smithfield helps provide the amazing group of translators we work with, both for the campaign and supporting us throughout the year with additional translation assistance. Smithfield is also the largest supporter of the Hispanic Heritage Festival and Bacon Fest International, which is led by United Way of Greater Warren County and supported by other area businesses.”
United Way of Greater Warren County (UWGWC) is one of several organizations Smithfield’s Monmouth facility
supports locally. Other organizations include Re-Charge Teen Center; Special Olympics; Jamieson Community
Center; River Bend Food Bank; Western Illinois Animal Rescue; Monmouth-Roseville, United, Abingdon, Aledo
and Galesburg school districts; Smithfield Trunk or Treat; Jamieson Community Center’s annual toy drive; Western
Illinois University; and FFA.
Smithfield is committed to improving educational opportunities, advancing the vitality of local communities and
fighting hunger and food insecurity. For more information about Smithfield’s programs, please visit smithfieldfoods.com/good-is-what-we-do.
***Courtesy of the United Way of Greater Warren County***
