SPRINGFIELD, IL- A huge food donation will go to help central Illinois families in need.

15,000 pounds of tomatoes were donated to the Central Illinois Food Bank Thursday afternoon by the company Red Gold.

The food bank says Red Gold contacted them and they feel lucky about this donation.

Along with the canned tomatoes, Red Gold also donated the country's largest tomato cans. 

The two cans will be displayed on a billboard on Wabash Avenue in Springfield. The combined volume of the two cans is over 1.6 million cubic inches, and each can is big enough to hold two compact sized cars. Â