Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The FishHawk Ranch food pantry has outgrown its space at the Lamb of God Lutheran Church.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
A food pantry that provides for the area's neediest residents now has a need of its own. The Seeds of Hope food pantry, which previously operated out of Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Lithia, is seeking a new home. The nonprofit food pantry was founded last year by FishHawk Ranch resident Leda Eaton as an offshoot of the community's annual FishHawk Turkey Trot 5K run, which takes place each Thanksgiving Day. "I was looking for a way for my kids to earn meaningful services hours," said Eaton. "They were on the cross-country team at Newsome High School and I remembered turkey trots when I lived in West Virginia so I suggested we do a turkey trot here." That was four years ago. "The first year, I was expecting maybe 100 people. We had 450 and…
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Both the Greater Brandon and Greater Riverview chambers of commerce were on hand Sept. 28 to cut the ribbon for the long-awaited client service center.
Volunteers, supporters and clients were in attendance Sept. 28 at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Emergency Care Help Organization's new Client Services Center. Currently, ECHO, a nonprofit organization, serves more than 11,000 people annually, helping out with food, clothes and furnishings on an emergency basis for up to four times in a person's lifetime. Now, with the opening of the client service center at 507 N. Parsons Ave., Stacey Efaw, executive director of ECHO, said ECHO will be able to meet all of the needs of an individual living through tough times. The vision was "to have a one-stop place in Brandon to help them here or to guide them to the exact place they need to go," said Efaw. "We can give them food and clothing, but …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Food donations at the annual Park Square concert series totaled more than two tons.
Thousands of residents and concertgoers contributed more than 1,600 pounds of nonperishable food and nearly $700 to Feeding America Tampa Bay during FishHawk Ranch’s Concerts for a Cause throughout the past two months. These donations are equivalent to nearly 2.25 tons of food and total more than 3,600 meals. “This level of generosity surpassed our goal and last year’s total by more than a ton,” said Pam Parisi, director of marketing for Newland Communities. “This is the type of kindness and collaboration that we strive for in our communities.” Newland Communities, developer of FishHawk Ranch, put on the eight concerts free of charge for the public and only asked for a voluntary nonperishable donation in lieu of an admissions fee. “The …
Friday, June 22, 2012
The popular concert series will kick off June 29 with Yesterdayze.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
It's back! FishHawk Ranch’s free summer “Concerts for a Cause” series gets under way this month, featuring more Fridays filled with rockin’ music at Park Square and the opportunity to support Feeding America Tampa Bay. The concerts are free and open to the general public but all concert-goers are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items with them for Feeding America Tampa Bay. Last year, the annual series collected more than one ton of food for the nonprofit, which distributes the food to charities throughout Tampa Bay. Concerts will be held every Friday at 7 p.m. beginning June 29 and running through Aug. 17. The series will kick off June 29 with the return of the Sarasota-based '60s tribute band, Yesterdayze. A hit last year with …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
It's big, it's green, it's an RV set to be filled with food drive collections for Feeding America Tampa Bay. Donate locally at the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce, HCC at The Regent, Orange Home Accessories, The Original Leena's Chocolate, Park Squa
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The Patch RV will be in Bloomingdale-Riverview next month to collect food donations collected at five Greater Brandon locations as part of the Give-A-Ton Food Drive involving all 19 Patch sites throughout the Tampa Bay area. In Hillsborough County, there are sister Patch sites for Brandon, Carrollwood-Northdale, New Tampa, Seminole Heights, South Tampa-Hyde Park, Temple Terrace and Westchase. Also participating, Patch sites for Bradenton, Clearwater, Dunedin, Gulfport, Land O' Lakes, Largo, New Port Richey, Old Northeast-Downtown St. Pete, Palm Harbor, Pinellas Beaches and Sarasota. To achieve the Patch goal of collecting 2,000 pounds or more of nonperishable food items, donations in the Bloomingdale and Riverview area are being accepted…
Monday, April 16, 2012
Here is a list of the local businesses and organizations in Bloomingdale and Riverview who are helping Patch and Feeding America Tampa Bay fight hunger.
Patch is teaming up with Feeding America Tampa Bay and local businesses and organizations for a food drive to benefit our friends and neighbors throughout the region who struggle with hunger. Our Give-A-Ton Food Drive is happening now in Bloomingdale and Riverview and 18 of our neighboring Patch towns around Tampa Bay. Want to help? Here's a list of our local partners who are participating in the food drive and are now accepting your donations of non-perishable food items: Stop in at one of these local businesses today, or make a financial contribution to the drive directly on Feeding America Tampa Bay’s website. Just go to the donation page and look for the Give-A-Ton Food Drive option. Thank you for helping those in need!
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
In partnership with Feeding America Tampa Bay, Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch and its 18 sister sites are kicking off the Give-A-Ton Food Drive to benefit our friends and neighbors throughout the area.
Nearly 20 percent of Tampa Bay area residents go to bed wondering where their next meal will come from. Some 30 percent of children struggle with hunger. Those figures come from Feeding America Tampa Bay, which is a regional food bank that supplies more than 700 agencies throughout West Central Florida with the food their clients need to survive. According to Debbi McCarthy, director of development for Feeding America Tampa Bay, the agency serves a poverty population of some 700,000 people. “Florida is ranked fourth in the nation for family hunger in households containing at least one child,” McCarthy said. “In the past 12 months, the food bank supplied more than 2 million pounds of food to its 10-county service area – enough to provide …
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