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Freeport Schools Added to FFT Program!
Food for Thought Outreach is officially adding both Freeport Middle and Freeport Elementary Schools into our services. With that said, we will now serve all 3 schools in Freeport, as we have only served the High School for many years. We are beginning enrollment now into the backpack program and will look to add volunteers and sponsors from the Freeport community to our organization.
We also want to thank our friends at Portland United Methodist Church for lending their hands to Food for Thought, and for all the work they have done over the years to also provide food for students at Freeport Middle and Freeport Elementary school!
If you or anyone you know might want to help, please reach out to us at volunteer@fftfl.org.
We are hoping to start back pack services next week!
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Back-pack Services Begin!
In-School backpack delivery begins this weekend for the 2019/20 school year! Thank you to all the volunteers and donors who have made it possible for us to deliver backpacks of food to over 3K students in our community again this year! We are fighting the battle against childhood hunger together and are pleased to know that students will be a little less hungry over the weekend.
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6th Annual Stock the Pantry brings in more than 330K Food Items!!
Wow! We are truly amazed by the number of food items that were donated this year at our 6th Annual Stock the Pantry Food Drive!
This year, 110k MORE food items were donated this year compared to the food drive last year for a total of 336,850 food items, which exceeded our goal of 300K food items to kick off the 2019/20 school year.
A HUGE thank you to all of the participating teams this year, and for all that came to the Stock the Pantry Party with donations as well.The winning team for the food drive competition was Newman-Dailey Resort Properties (78,399 food items). The Rookie of the year award went to Hilary & Reverie with 43,848 food items.
We are so thankful for all of these teams and the community coming together this year to participate in the Stock the Pantry Food Drive; it helps us tremendously to be able to kick of our in-school services. We went from having NO food on our pantry shelves, to now being stocked and ready for our first snack service on Friday, August 30th, and for our first distribution of backpacks the first week in September.Thank you again!TOTAL 2019 FOOD ITEMS: 336,850TOTAL 2018 Food ITEMS: 226,3026th Annual Stock the Pantry Teams:- CHOICE
- Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon
- Good News United Methodist Church
- Hilary & Reverie
- Howard Hospitality
- Maple Street Biscuit Co.
- Newman Dailey
- Resort Quest
- Sandestin Foundation for Kids
- Seaside Neighborhood School
- Sotheby’s International Realty
- Term Brokers Insurance
- The Hub
- The Lens Bar
- Watersound Origins
- Women’s Council of Realtors
- The Seaside Style
- Hilton Sandestin
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Why I Help
It is important to reflect on "why I help" in whatever it is we are doing. So many reasons why we all help those in our community. We are thankful for all of those that help us at Food For Thought and are making an impact against childhood hunger. Below is a photo from our "Why I Help" wall, which we love to read why volunteers and donors are helping. It is inspiring to see!
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Sponsor a Student or a School Today!!
Help us kick of the 2019/2020 School Year by Sponsoring a Student or a School for the year. Over 3,300 students will be enrolled in our program in 33 schools within Okaloosa and Walton Counties. By sponsoring a student or a school, you will help to support all of the in-school programs for the school year: providing a backpack, weekly meals for the backpack program and snacks for the snack program.
Get together with your friends, family, or coworkers and sign up for a sponsorship today!
Sponsor a Student: $270 for the year
Sponsor a School: $1K/semester (2 semesters/$2K in total)
*Payment options are available for the sponsor a school program
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