The U.S peanut industry, through Peanut Proud, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, united to donate nearly 55,000 jars of peanut butter, an approximate $165,000 retail value, in response to the tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that occurred in the United States January 20 to January 22, 2017. The donations included both in kind peanut butter from manufacturers and cash.

10,080 jars of Peanut Proud Peanut Butter were delivered to Albany/Dougherty County, Georgia immediately after the storms. The peanut butter was distributed in 10,000 food packages prepared by area volunteer organizations and churches. A portion was also used by area churches to make peanut butter sandwiches for storm victims and emergency workers.

Peanut Proud also delivered 2,880 jars of peanut butter to the Dougherty County School System in Georgia to feed students displaced by the storm. Many of these children we unable to access the free school breakfast/lunch program they depend on for over ten days while schools were without power.

14,400 jars of peanut butter were delivered to Calvary Baptist Church in Petal, Mississippi through coordinated efforts with the Mississippi Peanut Growers. Approximately 26,000 jars of peanut butter were delivered to the Georgia Peanut Commission in Tifton, Georgia. The commission coordinated deliveries to area churches and other relief organizations, such as Second Harvest of South Georgia and First Baptist Church in Adel, Georgia. In the weeks following the storm, thousands of PBJ sandwiches were distributed daily to storm victims all over the area.