During this time of year, many people feel inspired to give back a little extra and there is always a need to fill, especially when it comes to hunger. Watch our latest Wiregrass Gives Back on the Wiregrass Area Food Bank at 4 p.m. on WTVY.
“We fight hunger here at the Wiregrass Area Food Bank 365 days a year,” Julie Gonzalez, the assistant director of the Wiregrass Area Food Bank, said.
The food bank does not distribute directly to people. The 22-thousand square foot warehouse serves as a supply house. “We depend on probably about 200 volunteers a month, so we would welcome more assistance in that area,” Hanks said. “They help drive our mission of feeding the hungry from the heart.”“It needs doing and we enjoy it, and the people that we service need the food that we give them,” Jenkins said.“We need more feet on the ground to help collect those food donations so that we can bring them here into the food bank,” Gonzalez said.
Reaching this astonishing distribution number is all possible thanks to the 50-plus food drives they have each year, both big and small.Every item goes into the hands of someone in need and makes all the difference. Despite that, they still have to cover costs of shipping and handling, which is about 9-cents per pound to actually get that food into the food bank.
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