Snowbirds Asked To Donate Food Before Fleeing Florida

May 09, 2024
Natalie Ballance

If you are one of those snowbirds who come to Florida for the winter, only to head back to the north for the summer, Boca Helping Hands wants your help. You likely have non-perishable food that you’re preparing to trash. Don’t do it. Give it to BHH instead. Boca Helping Hands shared this request with BocaNewsNow.com:


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(BHH) is asking winter residents and people who go away for the summer to consider donating the non-perishable items left in their pantry to BHH before they leave. In 2023, Boca Helping Hands served more than 103,000 hot meals and distributed more than 114,000 pantry bags of groceries to 10,075 families.


“We know that many people wonder what to do with the food in their pantry when they get ready to leave for the summer, and we hope they will think of Boca Helping Hands,” Greg Hazle, Executive Director of Boca Helping Hands said.


Boca Helping Hands assists more than 35,000 people in the South Florida community through BHH’s various programs, including hunger relief, job training, healthcare, emergency financial assistance, childcare, and weekend meals for Palm Beach County school children. 


To donate items from your pantry, please drop them off at Boca Helping Hands: Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 3 PM, and Saturdays 9 AM – 12 PM at 1500 NW 1st Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432.



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