Gulfport School District collects two tons of peanut butter for Coast food pantries
Gulfport School District collects two tons of peanut butter for Coast food pantries By Chet Landry | March 11, 2021 at 1:38 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 7:15 PM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The March of the Mayors food drive is in the home stretch, and the Gulfport School District has set the bar rather high. Peanut butter, that was the item donated by students and faculty from Gulfportâs schools.
As a matter of fact, if you canât find your favorite jar of peanut butter on the shelves of stores across South Mississippi, itâs very likely because the Gulfport School District has donated two tons or more than 4,000 jars of the peanut goodness.
DONATE NOW: March of the Mayors Food Drive targets 8 coast cities
DONATE NOW: March of the Mayors Food Drive By WLOX Staff | February 18, 2021 at 5:48 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 5:48 PM
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - Extra Table is partnering with coast mayors to collect food and help restock food pantries. But they’re going about it in a very specific way to gather some of the most commonly used items.
Each city is collecting one item, for instance Waveland is taking donations of rice, while Gulfport concentrates on bringing in peanut butter.
Donations will be collected for one month, starting Friday, February 12th until Friday, March 12th. A final outdoor box packing will take place Friday, March 12th at noon at the Lyman Community Center. Extra Table will then divide the number of boxes packed by participating cities giving equal amounts of food to each of Extra Table’s coastal pantry partners. Pantries will then be able to distribute the boxes packed with healthy