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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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Thank you, Katelyn Winthurst!
We love it and feel so honored when community members take it upon themselves to create their own fundraisers for Food for Thought! Katelyn Winthurst, a loan officer, is personally donating a percentage of her personal proceeds to Food For Thought, for all loans that she will close between August and October.
Thank you, Katelyn! We are very grateful for your generosity and giving back to your community!
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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
Click on the icons below to sponsor today!
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Food for Thought goes #BacktoSchool!
Believe it or not, Summer is almost over, which means…Back to School! Help kick off the school year by sponsoring a school or student in Okaloosa or Walton County. For $1,000 per semester, you can sponsor a school; for $270 a year, you can sponsor a student.
Sponsorship will include all in-school programs that FFT supports: Food & backpacks for the weekly Backpack Program, and food for the snack program for one school.
Get together with your friends, family, or coworkers and sign up for a sponsorship today!
https://fftfl.org/pages/backtoschool-2019-sponsorships
Full List of Schools Available for Sponsorship:
OKALOOSA COUNTYBaker Elementary/Middle/HighDestin ElementaryEdge ElementaryElliott Point ElementaryFlorosa ElementaryKenwood ElementaryLewis ELEM Longwood ElementaryMary Esther ElementaryBruner Middle SchoolDestin Middle Lewis MID Northwest Florida Ballet AcademyPryor Middle STEMM AcademyAMIkids Okaloosa AcademyNiceville High WALTON COUNTYBay Pre-K Butler ElementaryDune Lakes ElementaryMaude Saunders ElementaryMossy Head West Defuniak ElementaryWISE Center Seaside NeighborhoodEmerald Coast MiddleWalton Middle In10sity Magnet SchoolFreeport High SchoolSeacoast CollegiateSouth Walton HighWalton Academy Walton High
