Over the holidays, we also had the help from Students and teachers from the Gateway Academy in Miramar Beach! These students came before school in the business of their finals week to come help pack backpacks at the Destin pantry. Thank you for donating your time to help those in need!

Who - What - Where?

Any guess Where this is?! Before Food For Thought had our own location, we were fortunate to be able to use space at Good News Church in Santa Rosa Beach to store food and pack backpacks on a weekly basis. We are thankful for the continued partnership we have had with this Church, even as we outgrew their donated space and moved into our location in 2011!

Jumpback Monday!

A few weeks ago we saw the first glimpse of the Santa Rosa Beach pantry when we first purchased the location - here is the pantry a few years in with some of the renovations completed - still was a long way from where we are today. We are so thankful for our completed pantry in Santa Rosa Beach that allows us to pack backpacks weekly, in addition to having cooking classes for students in the Emeril Lagasse Full Circle Kitchen!

Prior to Christmas, we were fortunate to have a group of 12 students from the University of Illinois - Chicago come to Santa Rosa Beach to volunteer over their holiday break.  Instead of going home to relax while classes were out, they gave their time and talents to assist Food For Thought in prepping and handing out the Christmas Meals! We are so grateful for their help - their additional hands allowed for so much to get done during this busy time of year!

Thank you! (And thank you for the recap video - we are glad you also enjoyed the area!)

 https://youtu.be/350SOh1ccy0