OMAHA — A $1.1 million gift from Omaha-based Sherwood Foundation aims to provide emergency help to former Tyson Foods employees still looking for work after the company closed its Lexington, Nebraska, plant in January.
The donation was announced Wednesday. Partnering nonprofit Lutheran Family Services is to begin accepting registrations March 9, and qualifying individuals and families should get a relief check within days, according to a LFS statement.
“Sherwood is truly honored to stand alongside LFS and the broader coalition of partners working to care for the Lexington community during this challenging time,” Liz Codina of the Sherwood Foundation said in the statement.
Of the grant, $1 million will go to the LFS Tyson Relief Fund and $100,000 goes to support work at the LFS Lexington office activated since Tyson announced in November it would close the 3,200-employee plant…