Hormel Foods Corp.’s Austin plant and its Helping Hands Program recently donated $4,000 to the Salvation Army, $4,000 to Meals on Wheels, and $2,000 to the Women’s Leadership Initiative to help fund the weekend food backpack program.

“It is our privilege to team up with the Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels and the Women’s Leadership Initiative to help support the fight against hunger,” Timothy J. Fritz, manager of the Austin Plant, said in a press release. “Our employees and the company are excited to continue fighting hunger in our community.”

For the fifth consecutive year, Hormel Foods is giving funds to U.S. manufacturing facilities to share with nonprofits in their respective communities to fight hunger. In 2014, Hormel Foods donated $390,000 to local hunger relief organizations in 39 U.S. communities where it has manufacturing facilities, bringing the program’s total contribution to local hunger relief efforts to nearly $1 million thus far. In 2015, the company will provide 39 plant locations with funds to continue the program.

“We’re committed to fighting hunger in the communities where our employees live and work,” Wendy A. Watkins, vice president of corporate communications at Hormel Foods, said in the release. “Last year was a record year in terms of community hunger donations, and we are confident that 2015 will be equally as impactful.”

Hormel Foods is helping those in need both in the United States and internationally through its On Our Way to Ending Hunger program. The company collaborates with retailers, nonprofits and the government on hunger relief efforts; nourishes the hungry in the U.S. and abroad; and motivates individuals and corporate partners to take action to fight hunger.