Support Harry Chapin Food Bank through Give Where You Live Collier online Feb. 19-20

Support Harry Chapin Food Bank through Give Where You Live Collier online Feb. 19-20 1200 630 Harry Chapin Food Bank

Harry Chapin Food Bank encourages all Southwest Floridians to take part in Give Where You Live Collier on Wednesday, Feb. 19 and Thursday, Feb. 20. Your support will help our mission to lead our community in the fight to end hunger.

Give Where You Live Collier is a 24-hour, online fundraising challenge from noon on Feb. 19 to noon on Feb. 20. The event, held by the Community Foundation of Collier County, will benefit nonprofits that serve Collier county. Harry Chapin Food Bank is the leading hunger relief organization that serves Collier County and is among 40 nonprofits participating in this event.

Harry Chapin Food Bank rescues food and distributes it through our programs: Care and Share: Senior Feeding Program, Harry’s Helpings, Fulfill Mobile Pantries,  In-School Pantries and our Partner Agency Program, which is a network of more than 150 partner agencies to feed people in need in Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties.

Harry Chapin Food Bank has a Collier County Center at 3940 Prospect Ave. #101, in Naples, as a key component to the organization’s operational capabilities.  You will be able to donate directly to Harry Chapin Food Bank online through www.GiveWhereYouLiveCollier.org.

$500,000 Matching Fund

The Community Foundation of Collier County and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation have partnered to create a $500,000 Matching Fund for Give Where You Live Collier. The match begins with a guaranteed match up to $2,500 for all participating nonprofit organizations that raise at least $2,500 from noon Feb. 19 to noon Feb. 20.  After that, a proportionate share of the remaining match money is used towards any amount raised over $2,500. For more information about Give Where You Live Collier, please visit GiveWhereYouLiveCollier.org.

About the Community Foundation of Collier County

The Community Foundation of Collier County is a tax-exempt, public, charitable organization, established in 1985 to increase and focus private philanthropy in the area. Today, the Community Foundation of Collier County manages more than 750 funds, collaborates with hundreds of nonprofits, holds $224 million in assets and has distributed over $168 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and community programs since its inception. The Community Foundation of Collier County is one of Florida’s fastest growing community foundations. For good. Forever. Learn more at cfcollier.org or call 239-649-5000.

About the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation

The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation was created in 2004 by Best Buy founder, Dick Schulze, to give back to the communities where Dick and his family grew up — in Minnesota, where he built Best Buy to become the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer and in Florida, where he now maintains a permanent residence. Schulze and his family believe that a good education, a supportive family and a strong work ethic prepare children for a successful future. To support that belief, the foundation supports organizations operating in the areas of human & social serviceseducation, including college and early learning scholarship awards and health & medicine.