Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Shock and awe Shock and awe are two emotions that your food bank team feels frequently. The shock begins when you see the sheer number of…
read moreFriday, May 8, 2020 Productive Your food bank’s productivity has risen astronomically. This week alone, our warehouses have received 1,087,158 pounds of food and distributed a total of 933,876 pounds.…
read moreTuesday, May 5, 2020 Our April update It’s astonishing that we are already into the fifth day of May. The days are long but the weeks and months are flying…
read moreFriday, May 1, 2020 Food is love The word meal is defined as the act or the time of eating a portion of food to satisfy appetite. At Harry Chapin…
read moreTuesday, April 28, 2020 Opportunity to match Harry Chapin Food Bank is one of nearly 700 nonprofits participating in the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Giving Challenge. The Giving Challenge…
read moreFriday, April 24, 2020 The impact of nearly eight weeks of Coronavirus Today marks the completion of four weeks of our Coronavirus drive-thru distributions. Our operations have been in overdrive…
read moreThursday, April 23, 2020 The sea of cars continues to grow. Yesterday your food bank held a drive-thru distribution at the Golden Gate Community Center in Collier County. We are…
read moreTuesday, April 21, 2020 Volunteer Appreciation 4,108 is the number of volunteers who give of their time to Harry Chapin Food Bank throughout the year. Your food bank would not…
read moreFriday, April 17, 2020 1,188,872! 1,188,872 pounds of food have been distributed in our five-county area since the first of April. Since the average meal weighs roughly 1.2 pounds, that…
read moreTuesday, April 14, 2020 As we find ourselves in a surreal world due to the Coronavirus, we can see equal amounts of beauty in the love shown by so many.…
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