• Volunteer & Board Member Spotlight: Leah Hayes

    Thank you, Destin Log for spotlighting one of volunteers and board members, Leah Hayes!

    Leah certainly has devoted much time and support to Food For Thought and we are thankful for all that she continues to do to help our non-profit!

    Full Article Here

    Posted by Katie Grace
  • Thank You Taylor Allen Properties

    Volunteer Spotlight: Taylor Allen Properties

    Thank You, Taylor Allen Properties who is one of our regular volunteer teams in the Destin Pantry! We appreciate your dedication to our non profit and your willingness to serve at fundraising events and to pack and deliver backpacks to our students. We love our volunteers!

    Posted by Katie Grace
  • Volunteer Spotlight: Lane Redding + Friends

    Thank you to our board member, Lane Redding, for brining a group of her friends, who are also all military spouses in the area.  We thank you not only for the support of our country, but also for taking the time to give back to the community you live in.  We love having groups of friends coming in to volunteer together! #youcanhelp
    Posted by Katie Grace
  • Volunteer Spotlight: First Baptist Church, FWB

    Volunteer Spotlight: First Baptist Church FWB

     

    We are so thankful for this group of volunteers that regularly comes into the Destin pantry to help pack backpacks. We love their smiling faces and heart to serve, who have been volunteering with Food For Thought for years!
    Posted by Katie Grace
  • Volunteer Spotlight: Marrow Private Chefs

    We are so thankful for our volunteers at here at Food For Thought, and love when people volunteer their passions and talents.  In addition to volunteer opportunities for the backpack program, we also use volunteers in the Full Circle Kitchen and Full Circle Garden.  Today, we would like to thank Richard McCord and Ryan McNay from Marrow Private Chefs for the time the have spent helping in the Full Circle Kitchen and share a little more about them:

    Richard & Ryan run Marrow Private Chefs, a boutique catering company that specializes in preparing restaurant quality, fine dining meals in your home.  These two became involved with FFT in the fall of 2018 while helping with Hurricane Michael relief, providing food to those affected by the hurricane.  After learning more about the FFT program, they both knew they wanted to continue to help in the Full Circle Kitchen to share their love of food and cooking.

    The Marrow guys have lead a quite a few cooking classes for students and they "love getting to interact with the kids! We have truly enjoyed the opportunity to share our passion for food and cooking with the next generation. Whether they have a desire to work in the culinary field or simply want to be a better home cook, it is great to work with kids that want to learn!"

    During one of the classes, they ventured to make homemade taffy, which the students absolutely loved, as well as Ryan and Richard.  They said, "Who doesn’t like homemade starburst?! Aside from that it is incredibly rewarding to work with folks who are so dedicated to helping others!"

    We truly are grateful for the Richard and Ryan who take the time out of their busy catering business to help teach and make an impact on the students who take part in the Full Circle Kitchen.

    You can learn more about how to become a volunteer HERE

     

    Posted by Katie Grace