JBS, Pilgrim’s announce sweepstakes to promote community vaccination efforts
JBS USA and Pilgrim’s has recently announced the “Your Shot at Free Meat for a Year” program to encourage the vaccination of Americans in the rural communities where the company operates. In partnership with local health authorities, the company will sponsor a series of free vaccination clinics and vaccine promotion events across more than 40 JBS USA and Pilgrim’s communities in the coming weeks. During the events, at least one newly vaccinated participant per location will be eligible to win free, delicious beef, pork, and poultry to feed a family of four for the next year. The company will also donate more than 1 million pounds of free beef, pork, and poultry to support local communities hosting vaccine clinics.
JBS USA and Pilgrim’s have promoted vaccination among their workforce of more than 66,000 employees with great success. The company’s vaccination program includes onsite clinics, paid time off, a $100 incentive bonus, and a multi-lingual education campaign. As a result of these efforts, nearly 70% of its U.S. workforce has been fully vaccinated compared with a vaccination rate of only 46% for the U.S. population. Unfortunately, the vaccination rate of team members at many of its rural facilities exceeds the average rate of vaccination in the surrounding community by more than 2-3 times. The company wants to help change this dynamic and raise local community vaccination rates to help safeguard its hometowns across the country.
Any unvaccinated person 21 years of age or older who attends a JBS USA or Pilgrim’s-sponsored vaccination clinic or promotional event and receives their first COVID-19 vaccination has the chance to receive free beef, pork, and chicken for their family for the next year courtesy of JBS USA and Pilgrim’s. Company-sponsored clinics will take place from June 26 to Aug. 31, 2021. Over the course of the events, 50 people will be randomly selected as sweepstakes winners.
“Vaccination progress in the U.S. has started to slow, with less than half of eligible Americans being fully vaccinated,” said Fabio Sandri, CEO of Pilgrim’s. “It is our hope that the ‘Your Shot at Free Meat for a Year’ sweepstakes will encourage more people to get vaccinated.”
A representative of Pilgrim’s told the Tribune that clinics are currently being scheduled across the country, but details have not yet been finalized in Mount Pleasant. Dates and locations of Pilgrim’s vaccine clinics will be released as the details become available.
