Livestock sales are a pinnacle moment at county fairs, bringing community together to support and celebrate local 4-H and FFA youth. In Harrison County, this summer ritual also brings community together to support our neighbors facing food insecurity.
In 2024, HCCF debuted its Fill the Freezer campaign, inviting buyers at the Harrison County Fair’s Junior Livestock Sale to donate their hog purchases to fill the freezers of the county’s food pantries and fight hunger – one pig at a time.
Twenty hogs were donated at HCCF’s 2026 Fill the Freezer campaign, providing 4,136 pounds of locally raised protein to feed Harrison County residents. EOG Resources, Inc. and South Central Power Co. served as corporate sponsors for the 2026 campaign.
Over the past three years, the campaign has inspired 60 hog donations and provided 11,955 pounds of fresh, local sausage for our friends and neighbors.
HCCF’s Fill the Freezer campaign is held in partnership with the Harrison County Fair Board, local 4-H and FFA members, local food pantries and meat processors.
Learn more
For more information about Harrison County’s Fill the Freezer campaign, email Harrison@ffao.org or call 740.753.1111.
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Filling the freezers of food pantries across the region
In 2025, seven of FAO’s affiliate foundation partners spearheaded or supported Fill the Freezer campaigns, which was piloted in the region in 2021 by the Community Foundation for Perry County. In 2025 alone, more than 33,000 pounds of meat were donated through these programs, which are expanding to additional counties this year. Learn more about Fill the Freezer efforts across Appalachian Ohio.