Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry Launch
Channel: Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
Date: 07/10/2011

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is fighting hunger one mile at a time with the rollout of a new Mobile Pantry program.  The refrigerated vehicle will hit the road to bring a "farmers'- market-on-wheels" to underserved areas, expanding the reach of the food bank and delivering fresh fruit, vegetables and other nutritious staples.

The truck is part of a nationwide fleet helping fight hunger in our nation's food deserts from Kraft Foods and its Foundation, in partnership with Feeding America, the nation's leading hunger-relief organization.  

The mobile pantry will bring more than 4.2 million pounds of good nutrition -- that's nearly 5.6 million meals -- to the area's hungry residents each year, at a time when the need has never been greater.

Winn-Dixie is proud to partner with the Kraft Foods mobile pantry to help bring the needed assistance to those in need. This program aligns closely with Winn-Dixie's food recovery program which has provided more than eight million pounds of perishable items to Feeding America through its affiliate food banks such as Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Thanks to everyone involved we were able to serve 327 families, over 1,239 individuals and an additional 490 children. 

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