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Volunteers needed to help deliver hurricane food packs this Saturday
The Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger (TBNEH) is in need of volunteers to help deliver nonperishable food in preparation for this year s hurricane season.
and last updated 2021-06-03 16:14:58-04
The Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger (TBNEH) is in need of volunteers to help deliver nonperishable food in preparation for this year s hurricane season.
The hurricane packs, which are provided in partnership with Metropolitan Ministries and St. Petersburg Free Clinic, will include nonperishable food for up to five days and a hurricane resource guide with shelter information and an emergency checklist.
By Katie Butchino
Apr 30, 2021
The Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger is now helping out with delivering Meals on Wheels for Kids to students & their families in new locations around the Tampa Bay area and needs volunteers!
They are now delivering to Tarpon Springs, Odessa, Palm Harbor & East Lake.
Volunteers, who can pass a Level 2 background check are needed on Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays. They will need help startin at 10am on those days.
You will need your own vehicle, as you will load up your own car with meal boxes in Tarpon Springs. Routes usually take about an hour.
You can visit NetworkToEndHunger.Org to sign up to volunteer!
How to help those in need around Tampa Bay during the coronavirus pandemic
Local organizations are struggling amid high demand. Here are the ways to help.
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Erin Brickfield, a Feeding Tampa Bay employee, discards empty trays during a mega-pantry food distribution outside the Yuengling Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The nonprofit organization served the community every weekend for the past three months to help people who ve faced food scarcity as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the first hour of the event, 444 adults were served, according to the organization. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
Months later, Tampa Bay businesspeople still reeling, reacting to coronavirus shutdown
We check back in with a group of business owners, workers and nonprofit operators hit hard by the pandemic.
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Jill Rice, 64, is pictured in her shop, Zaiya ArtiZen Market, in Gulfport, Florida, earlier this year, when the fate of her shop was uncertain. She joked that she wished she had a crystal ball. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times ]
Back in the spring, the Tampa Bay Times reached out to a number of business owners, workers and nonprofit operators to see what toll the coronavirus shutdown was taking on their livelihoods.
Some had been hit hard. But almost to a person, they were hopeful about coming through it intact. A few were even using it as an opportunity to try something new.