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Monday, May 21, 2012

Give-A-Ton Food Drive is Still Rolling

We’ll continue to collect food for Feeding America Tampa Bay through May 31.

  Just because the Patch RV has rolled out of Westchase doesn’t mean our effort to collect food for those in need has ended. The Patch Give-A-Ton Food Drive continues through the end of this month. To get involved, just drop off a non-perishable food donation at one of these participating businesses: During the food drive, Patch’s 19 Florida sites are teaming up to collect at least one ton of food for Feeding America Tampa Bay in advance of the upcoming summer vacation. According to Debbi McCarthy, director of development for Feeding America Tampa Bay, the agency serves a poverty population of some 700,000 people. “Florida is ranked fourth in the nation for family hunger in households containing at least one child,” McCarthy said. “In the …

Monday, April 16, 2012

Help Westchase Patch Give-A-Ton

Here’s a list of businesses and organizations in Westchase who are helping Patch and Feeding America Tampa Bay take a bit out of hunger.

Patch is teaming up with Feeding America Tampa Bay and local businesses and organizations for a food drive to benefit our friends and neighbors throughout the region who struggle with hunger. Our Give-A-Ton Food Drive is happening now in Westchase and 18 of our neighboring Patch towns around Tampa Bay. Want to help? Here's a list of our local partners who are participating in the food drive and are now accepting your donations of non-perishable food items: Stop in at one of these local businesses today, or make a financial contribution to the drive directly on Feeding America Tampa Bay’s website. Just go to the donation page and look for the Give-A-Ton Food Drive option. Thank you for helping those in need!

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