Feeding Tampa Bay

Today, Causeway Center operated as a pick-up location for Clothes To Kids, Inc., helping to provide new and quality used clothing to low-income or in crisis school-age children, free of charge. We are so happy to have a space that others can utilize as we work together to offer such amazing services to our community!

We are unable to provide our community support without our partners, who give us the resources necessary to follow through with our mission of fighting hunger and providing food security to the many families in our region. NaturZone Pest Control continues to partner with Feeding Tampa Bay, recently providing a $25,000 donation to help us supply nourishing, healthy options throughout our Tampa Bay distributions. Thank you again to our generous partners!

If you haven't heard this past week's #StickAForkInIt podcast yet, we thoroughly suggest giving it a listen! Rob Kriete, President of the Hillsborough Classroom Teacher's Association, provides our listeners with key information regarding the Hillsborough County ballot and how your vote can provide more funds for teachers, bus drivers, custodians, and other workers who support our children, to ensure they're getting the best education possible. > https://brnw.ch/21wO97c

🥚 EGGS IN STOCK 🥚 840 cases of #eggs to be exact! Shout out to MPS Egg Farms, HATCH, American Egg Board and Feeding Florida for organizing and donating such a vast amount of protein supply to our families who are still recovering post #hurricanehelene and #hurricanemilton. It's not just getting hungry people food, it's about getting people the right kinds of foods, and protein plays a vital role in various bodily functions, contributing to overall health and well-being. A food secure future starts with the right proteins, and we are so appreciative of your generous support!

We have had enormous help from all over the country responding to our hurricane relief efforts here at Feeding Tampa Bay, and we are so grateful for all of the support post #hurricanehelene and #hurricanemilton! Houston Food Bank and Feeding Northeast Florida, just a few of our incredible helpers, have provided immense support with distribution efforts, and we want to say a big "THANK YOU" to our very helpful friends Elian and Ed, two drivers who have travelled all the way from Houston, Texas to help our team deliver much needed materials during storm recovery efforts! Thank you again to everyone who is supporting our mission! 💙

Distributions of food and resources for #hurricanehelene and #hurricanemilton recovery efforts are happening today, (10/24), in #Hillsborough County! This is an emergency distribution site, but we do have other location sites available for support. Please keep an eye on our website's "Find Food" page for updates on our locations. If you are in need of support, you can find a distribution near you by visiting our website > https://lnkd.in/eHGJWzDK

Through our direct distribution programs, we see firsthand how healthy, nourishing foods can incredibly benefit families impacted by food insecurity. Our trucks don't just stop at food drop-off support, but can even double as a grocery store food stop! Making healthy choices a simple, fun option for children in our community to have access to nourishing options like fruits and veggies. Through the generous support of partners like Suncoast Credit Union, we are able to provide children across our 10-county West Central Florida region with these options. Their charitable support of $25,000 to combat child hunger in our area helps us to continue to bring huge smiles to our Tampa Bay children's faces, (and tummies!).

According to today's guest, #hillsboroughcounty has more teacher vacancies than any other county in the state. As President of the Hillsborough Classroom Teacher's Association, Rob Kriete is encouraging everyone to visit voteyesforstudents.org to learn about the referendum that will be on general election ballots this November. This millage referendum (Hillsborough Referendum #2, at the bottom of the ballot) will provide more funds for teachers, bus drivers, custodians, and other workers who support our children, to ensure they're getting the best education possible. Tune in to learn more about the needs of our community's children, and how you can support them! > https://bit.ly/3YxCOOe

Distributions of food and resources for #hurricane recovery efforts are happening today, (10/23), in Hillsborough County! If you are in need of support, you can find a distribution near you by visiting our website > https://lnkd.in/gVJCFqGf

Though we here at Feeding Tampa Bay are part food bank, our fellow FTB fish are very much our friends, NOT food. 🐟 Our partners from The Florida Aquarium generously visit our Causeway Center facility every day to make sure our fish staff are well fed, water parameters in check, and their home-tank shiny and clean. We are so thankful for their partnership and generosity, their support and combined mission as we work together to provide #hurricane recovery efforts throughout the #Tampa Bay region, and of course, their help making sure our fish are in tip-top condition to bring smiles to our visiting neighbors.