We are very grateful for Hunter Davis and his personal chef business, The Dish and the Spoon!

Over the last six months, Hunter has raised enough money to feed 53 families in the summer program! With The Dish & The Spoon, for every meal that he prepares, he matches the amount to donate a weeks worth of food to Food For Thought for the summer program.  

Hunter has been using his business to donate to Food For Thought for over a year now.  After his wife began to volunteer in the back pack program, he wanted to also be involved, so he began the "1 For 1" program at The Dish and The Spoon; one meal purchased for one week of summer meals. In addition to donating to Food For Thought, Hunter has also been involved with leading and helping in the Full Circle Kitchen cooking classes.

The Dish and Spoon has been in business since 2012 and specializes in catering in-home meals to families that are vacationing along 30A.  

The Rosemary Beach Foundation is hosting Brews Bites & Bingo at our Santa Rosa Beach Pantry, Friday, July 26th from 6-9:30! We are so excited to be able to host this event, and also to be selected as a beneficiary of this fundraiser. More details on this event can be found below, as well as a link to purchase event tickets in advance. 

Details: 

• Come early (6 - 7 pm), grab your lucky spot, bid on SILENT AUCTION and enjoy small bites by Grayton Beer Brewpub and Grayton Beer Company
• BINGO starts at 7 pm Win some awesome prizes including the GRAND PRIZE, a $500 CASH JACKPOT!
• Make sure to purchase your ticket in advance to save some dough.

Tickets:

Register & Purchase Tickets HERE
$45 Per Person, $55 after July 10th (Must be 21+ years to play)
(Includes Bingo Book*, Dauber, and Two Complimentary Drinks. *There will be 4 cards per game and 10 games total in each Bingo Book.)

$500 Reserved Table for Eight Players (Ages 21 and up)
(Includes Bingo Book, Dauber, and 4 pitches of beer or 2 bottles of prossecco/rose)

FOR EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, at the event, you may purchase additional Bingo cards or participate in the 50/50 SPLIT THE POT RAFFLE. (Participants may purchase more than one book, but they cannot be split between players.)

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS include artwork gift baskets, restaurant and retail gift cards.  All proceeds will benefit Food For Thought Outreach and the Rosemary Beach Foundation.

Donations are still needed for the remaining two summer services! Each of the Food For Thought Pantries are open on Tuesdays from 8:30 - 4:30 to accept donations.

Please take this suggested shopping list the next time you go to the store and grab a few of these items to help feed kids for the rest of the summer. OR take a look in your own cupboards to see if there are any food items you are not using that could be donated for our summer meals. 

If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can do so here: 

https://fftfl.org/pages/summer-program-support

Volunteer spots are also available to help pack and distribute the remaining too food services.  The last two food distribution dates are July 1st and July 29th. 

Email us today: volunteer@fftfl.org if you are interested in helping in this way!

What a great way to kick off our Summer Program food drive! Thank you to Pizza by the Sea, Winn-Dixie and Grand Boulevard for hosting our vans to collect food items for our summer program. There was a great turn out at each location over the last two weeks, and we are grateful to you and your customers for helping to fill our pantry for the summer.

Look below at the number of food items that were collected through each location; these donations have helped to provide for our first summer service earlier this week: 

• Pizza-by-the-Sea: 1,227 food items
• Winn-Dixie Destin: 801 food items and $1K in monetary donations
• Grand Boulevard Farmer's Market: 355 food items and $135 in monetary donations

We still are collecting donations for the 2nd and 3rd summer meal service.  You can drop off donations at any of the pantry locations on Tuesdays, from 8:30-4:30, or donate online HERE. 

A portion of the donations from Cram the Van:

Pizza-by-the-Sea: