Texans account for 10% of Haiti Peanut Butter Donation

Texans have donated over $13,000 to the "Peanut Butter for Haiti" effort, accounting for 10 percent of the total cash donations of $126,000 used to buy peanut butter. 

The following information came to us from Early County 2055, which is coordinating the peanut industry's effort to donate peanut butter to Haitian earthquake victims:

In addition to the peanut butter and in-kind donations and discounts by J.M. Smucker, J.B. Sanfilippo, Ralcorp, ConAgra, Kroger, Unilever has donated a load of Skippy peanut butter so we will be shipping our seventh load early next week. (We are also shipping the peanut product boxes this week). Once Again Nut Butter has also announced a donation of product as well. That makes a total of seven semi loads of peanut butter and peanut products as outlined here:

Total peanut butter: 233,362 lbs

MFKH paste: 9,000 lbs

Peanut product boxes: 4,000 lbs

Total All Shipments: 246,362 lbs

Servings Shipped: 3,449,068

A total of $126,000 in cash donations has been collected,  all of which has been used to buy peanut butter. Peanut butter donations and discounts totaled $260,000. Donated transportation costs totaled $6,000

Total donations: cash, product, transportation, - $392,000

Early County 2055 will continue to take contributions through March 2010, which is National Peanut Month

Organizations can participate by sending tax deductible contributions to:

 EC 2055 - PB for Haiti, P.O. Box 725, Blakely, Ga 39823  

You can also mail your checks to the Texas Peanut Producers Board at 4205 N. I-27, Lubbock, Texas 79403. Be sure to put "PB for Haiti" in the memo line of your checks. Checks must be made out to Early County 2055. TPPB will pass along all checks we receive for the peanut butter donations to Early County 2055.