As we are just about a month away from the official load in for Stock the Pantry, 2019, we wanted to revisit some of the years past so that you can see how we have been able to exceed our goal year after year, and need your help to do so again this year!

Last year, just over 227K of individual food items were collected, making our goal for 2019 300K food items! 

Our Stock the Pantry Party is Thursday, August 22nd, which is open to the public and not just the participating teams. To enter the party, please bring 5 food items to help reach towards the goal of 300K!

Getting to this goal will allow us to start the school year with our pantries stocked to serve the 3,300 kids in our backpack and snack programs. Thank you for your support!

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:

Mark you calendars! November 8th, 2019 is the Boudin, Bourbon and Beer Festival in New Orleans hosted by the Emeril Lagasse Foundation! We highly recommend this event, which features dishes created by over 70 chefs from around the country. Tickets can be purchased now, and proceeds will go towards the beneficiaries of the Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

More information and tickets can be purchased here: https://boudinbourbonandbeer.com

On Wednesday, July 10th we had the privilege of hosting the Walton County Chamber of Commerce "Power of Networking Luncheon," at the Santa Rosa Beach pantry.  We love when we can share our facility with local businesses and organizations and the monthly luncheon for the Chamber of Commerce was the perfect opportunity to do so.  

Almost 80 members of the Walton County Chamber of Commerce attended and they were able to walk through our facility, talk to other business owners and enjoy a lunch prepared by Marrow Private Chefs. Then fun was had by all with some networking fun playing a modified version of Family Feud!

It was great to also be able to share our mission here at Food For Thought and share opportunities to be able to get involved, especially with the upcoming school year.  

We would like to recognize and thank Stubbs Orthodontics for their donation this month! At their office, they held a peanut butter and jelly drive asking patients and staff to bring in jars of PB&J to the office, and they also collected money to give back to Food For Thought Outreach.  In all, they raised $830 and a cart load of peanut butter and jelly, which will be used in our summer program. 

Thank yo for your generosity!!