NASHVILLE, TENN.—Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center recently announced that it has donated tens of thousands of pounds of perishable frozen and refrigerated food to Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief to assist with their emergency feeding response in the local Nashville community. The donated food was purchased by Gaylord Opryland for a conference of more than 1,500 attendees scheduled for three days of events at Nashville’s largest convention center. Some of the other food was donated by the restaurants and other parts of the resort not impacted by the recent flooding.
The donation was made to the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief Group that will use the food items to feed thousands of meals to local citizens, evacuees and volunteers that are assisting in the disaster response across Middle Tennessee.
“Making something good out of a natural disaster is what makes this world go around,” said Carl Lord, volunteer for Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief. “Gaylord Opryland making this generous food donation will help thousands of evacuees and homeless throughout the state. We are grateful Gaylord called us to help.”
“It is uplifting to all of our STARS (employees) to be able to give something to the community during this challenging time,” said Pete Wiein, senior vice president, Gaylord Opryland Resort. “The donation adds a little sweet spot to the bitterness that has covered the hotel and the city the past few days.”
“Our incredible banquets and restaurant teams volunteered to help load the meat, dairy, vegetables and fruit into the refrigerated trucks provided by the Tennessee Disaster Response Group,” said Vincent Dreffs, director of catering and operations, Gaylord Hotels. “It has been a pleasant diversion and now it is back to work.”
Tennessee shelters also received a shipment of unique food items such as gourmet cheeses, filet mignon, lobster and fresh produce.
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