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The Riceland Foods Foundation Donates to Stuttgart Fire and Police Departments

Kevin McGilton, Executive Director of the Riceland Foods Foundation, presents $500 checks to Stuttgart Police Chief David Parker and Stuttgart Mayor Norma Strabala.

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STUTTGART, Ark. (June 1, 2023): Kevin McGilton, Executive Director of the Riceland Foods Foundation, presents $500 checks to Stuttgart Police Chief David Parker and Stuttgart Mayor Norma Strabala.

Pictured (L to R): Chief David Parker, Kevin McGilton, and Mayor Norma Strabala

“Stuttgart is truly blessed to have these dedicated men and women serving our community,” McGilton said. “When we are running away from trouble, they are running into it. We hope these funds help accomplish their important mission and are received with our heartfelt appreciation.”  

The Riceland Foods Foundation is a regional philanthropic organization supported by Riceland Foods, a family farmer-owned cooperative serving rice farmers in Arkansas and Missouri. Riceland farmer-members individually support community activities and projects that are important to them. Each year the Riceland Foods Foundation provides a limited amount of grant funds to improve the quality of life in the farming communities of Riceland’s service area.

About Riceland Foods, Inc

Riceland Foods is the world's largest miller and marketer of rice serving 5,500 farmer members in Arkansas and Missouri. As a farmer-owned cooperative, Riceland stores, transports, processes and markets more than 2.5 million metric tons of grain each year, and its products are sold across the United States and in 75 countries. It’s also one of the Mid-South's major soybean processors. Riceland products include white, brown and parboiled rice, rice bran oil, soybean meal and oil and feed ingredients. Learn more at: Riceland.com.

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