These wonderful local organizations are working with Food For Thought this holiday season.  Stop by and drop off food at one of the locations below.

Whitney and Hancock Bank area locations: November 1 - 14

Wyndham/Resort Quest rental offices: All winter

The holidays are a favorite time a year for many of us but for others it is very stressful.  1 in 5 parents can't stop thinking about how they are going to feed their children while they are out of school for Thanksgiving and Christmas break.   

Many children who are food insecure receive breakfast and lunch from in-school programs.  While home for Thanksgiving and Christmas break, parents must cover these meals, causing many children to miss 20 - 40 meals while they are home.  

Food For Thought provides holiday service during Thanksgiving and Christmas break to families in the schools we serve. Three bags of food are given to each family containing food to prepare a holiday meal, food to easily prepare for the rest of the break and fresh produce.  Food For Thought is expecting to serve around 500 families this holiday season.

If you would like to like to make the holidays a little better for the families we serve this holiday season, please consider sponsoring a family for just $30.  Click HERE!

All proceeds from this event go to Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation who gave FFT $175,000 this year!  Tickets for the Grand Tasting on Saturday night are sold out but you can still purchase tickets for the Al Fresco Reserve Tasting on Friday evening and the Fall Walkabout & Charity Auction on Sunday afternoon.  

Click HERE for more details and to purchase tickets.

Did you know Food For Thought provides a monthly bag full of healthy snacks to all the teachers in the schools we serve?

When a child is hungry during the school day, they are unable to concentrate, lack energy, show poor academic performance and cause discipline problems.  Food For Thought strives to remove the negative impacts of hunger that children in our community are facing by providing all teachers in our program with a bag full of healthy snacks for all of their students in addition to our weekly backpack program.  

Teachers in the schools we serve say they have seen increased focus and attendance and their students no longer complain of stomach aches or hunger.  Teachers have also expressed gratitude for the financial relief that our snack program provides them.  On average, teachers spend $37 a month on food for hungry children in their classroom (No Kid Hungry).  That is over $300 a school year.  

Food For Thought is now serving over 1600 students in 21 schools in Walton and Okaloosa Counties.  We are committed to providing critical access to healthy, easy to prepare food the children in our community need. For more information on how you can help us fight childhood hunger in our community please contact info@fftfl.org.