COVID-19-UPDATES

Friday, August 28, 2020 With schools scheduled to re-open next week, parents, teachers and students will be facing unique challenges as they navigate this unusual back-to-school experience. We have been…

Friday, August 21, 2020 Nearly half of the total amount of food that your food bank distributed this week was fresh produce. In fact, we distributed 316,082 pounds of fresh…

Friday, August 14, 2020 Yesterday, late in the afternoon, our Routing Logistics Manager, Ken, had a text exchange (shown above) with one of our partner organizations located in Charlotte County.…

Friday, August 7, 2020 Your food bank continues to juggle supply and demand issues. We are ordering food at a pace of $300,000 a week and yet not receiving the…

Friday, July 31, 2020 This week your food bank has had its eye on Hurricane Isaias and yet we fervently worked to distribute 905,576 pounds of food into our five-county…

Friday, July 24, 2020 The world has been turned upside down due to the Coronavirus and Harry Chapin Food Bank has not been immune from the effects of this pandemic.…

Friday, July 17, 2020 The Coronavirus pandemic has stretched into its fifth month. The food bank has navigated many significant challenges, but we persist with our conviction that no one…

Friday, July 10, 2020 “Unusual times,” “extraordinary times,” and “new normal” are common phrases that we hear that we have perhaps become a little tired of hearing. Sadly, they appropriately…

Friday, June 26, 2020 Gratitude. Our hearts are full of gratitude. Today, we bid farewell to one of our colleagues that gave our community 16 years of service. Marta Hudson…

Friday, June 19, 2020 Today we celebrate Juneteenth, commemorating the official end of slavery on June 19, 1865 in Texas, the last slave state. The declaration by the Union Army…