Bill lives in a car that’s more than 30 years old. “Cheap, cheap transportation and very dependable,” he said. His circumstances became known after the car’s transmission died and the…
read moreA long time ago, Elaine once worked for Donald Trump as a blackjack dealer in an Atlantic City casino. She is twice widowed. When her first husband died of cancer,…
read moreSam received a food kit at a Fort Myers Agency Partner from the food bank’s Care & Share: Senior Feeding Campaign. He also received some fresh corn along with the…
read moreWe met Louise at one of the first distributions in Lee County for our Care & Share: Senior Feeding Campaign. Louise received her food kit and said she was relieved…
read moreBecky had a sunflower tattoo and also has tattoos of the names of her two children and three grandchildren. The food she will receive through the Care & Share: Senior…
read moreSylvia and her granddaughter, Eva, were at a mobile pantry the food bank held in conjunction with a back-to-school open house at Franklin Park Elementary in Fort Myers. “I’m here…
read moreRegina is in her early 70s. She picks up food for herself and a neighbor, who is partially blind, at the Gladiolus Food Pantry, one of the food bank’s partner…
read moreJeff came to an emergency mobile pantry on Fort Myers Beach last summer with his 3-year-old daughter Gina. Red tide had polluted the water and devastated the island’s vital tourism…
read moreDorita stood in line at the mobile pantry with her son, age 3, who slept through it all in his stroller. “A lot of times, we don’t have much to…
read moreSummer is at its height, usually a time of fun and friends for area schoolchildren on summer break. But for some, there is no break from hunger. In the Southwest…
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