LAUREL, Miss. — Wayne-Sanderson Farms recently stepped up to support local firefighters from Jones County, Miss.’s M&M Volunteer Fire Department, donating a specially-outfitted Ford F350 truck to replace the department’s aging rescue vehicle.
The small department handles more than 300 emergency calls each year and was facing the purchase of a new rescue truck while struggling to afford new emergency equipment.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms employee Ben Hughes, a live haul manager who also serves as an M&M volunteer firefighter, decided to approach local company officials with the quandary and Kevin Butler, Wayne-Sanderson. . .