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Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, Dec. 3!
Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, Dec. 3! 615 467 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Please join the worldwide movement to respond to the commercialization and consumerism during the post-Thanksgiving season by making a gift on #GivingTuesday to Harry Chapin Food Bank. Our community just…

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Harry Chapin Food Bank helps our neighbors in need at Thanksgiving
Harry Chapin Food Bank helps our neighbors in need at Thanksgiving 1928 1316 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Harry Chapin Food Bank continues the tradition of helping families put a Thanksgiving meal on the table. The food bank will distribute a total of $35,000 in the form of…

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Fox 4 and Scripps Howard Foundation give back
Fox 4 and Scripps Howard Foundation give back 1280 720 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Leaders from the Scripps Howard Foundation and Fox 4 News visit two community organizations in Fort Myers on Monday to get a closer look at their contributions to the Southwest…

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Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida selects new chief development officer
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida selects new chief development officer 870 580 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Barbara Evans has been named chief development officer for the Harry Chapin Food Bank. She will lead the development and implementation of strategic fundraising efforts in support of the food…

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Publix Super Markets Charities donates $150,000 to help the Harry Chapin Food bank feed our neighbors in need
Publix Super Markets Charities donates $150,000 to help the Harry Chapin Food bank feed our neighbors in need 1230 836 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Publix Super Markets Charities presented a $150,000 check to the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida for a new refrigerated truck Wednesday at the food bank’s Fort Myers Distribution…

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Hunger Action Month™ annual awareness campaign kicks off Sept. 1
Hunger Action Month™ annual awareness campaign kicks off Sept. 1 1096 825 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Hunger Action Month will launch Sunday across the country and in Southwest Florida to mobilize people to take action to fight hunger in their communities. View our Hunger Action Month…

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Why Harry Chapin Food Bank’s oldest volunteer is moving on
Why Harry Chapin Food Bank’s oldest volunteer is moving on 4032 3024 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Maurice Bonecutter won’t be back for his usual volunteer shifts this week at the Harry Chapin Food Bank, but he leaves behind a legacy of good will and giving. At…

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Pete helps out in a pinch
Pete helps out in a pinch 3024 4032 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Welcome to Pete Braglia, chief operations officer of the Long Island Cares, Inc. food bank, who is helping us out in the operations department. We’re short of staff because our…

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Walmart national hunger campaign raises more than $126,000 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank
Walmart national hunger campaign raises more than $126,000 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank 330 286 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Walmart’s 2019 “Fight Hunger. Spark Change” national campaign brought in more than $26.8 million for Feeding America food banks, including $126,973 for the Harry Chapin Food Bank. Feeding America’s 200-member…

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Summer’s Triple Threat
Summer’s Triple Threat 800 603 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Summer 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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