St. Lucie County – Wednesday July 20, 2022: Within the wake of excessive meals prices and continued provide chain points, Treasure Coast Meals Financial institution is searching for assist from the general public to deal with the necessity for meals at a time when it has much less to offer.

Meals Financial institution cabinets will not be as well-stocked this summer time, which implies there isn’t sufficient of the essential pantry staples that each family may use.

“There’s important want for meals throughout our area, and each single donation makes a distinction,” stated Judith Cruz, President and CEO of Treasure Coast Meals Financial institution. She is interesting to the group to pitch in by holding meals drives or making a money donation to assist these in want of meals.

There’s an pressing want for canned beans, canned soups and chilis, canned fruits or greens, canned meats, like tuna and hen, peanut butter, jelly, crackers, cereal, oatmeal, grits, rice, pasta and pasta sauce.

“Summer season is all the time a troublesome time when children are house from faculty and households should present these further meals at house that youngsters normally get from faculty cafeterias. This 12 months, it’s much more difficult as a result of there’s much less coming in from our retail companions,” Cruz stated. “We’re asking the group to assist us inventory the Meals Financial institution cabinets proper now whereas want is the very best.”

Anybody with objects to donate can carry them to the meals financial institution’s predominant warehouse at 401 Angle Street in Fort Pierce. There are also different drop-off areas all through the Treasure Coast, which will be discovered by visiting: stophunger.org/givefood/.

Donations of cash additionally will be made on-line at: stophunger.org.

ABOUT TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK
Treasure Coast Meals Financial institution is the one meals financial institution and largest starvation reduction group on Florida’s Treasure Coast, offering the group every year with hundreds of thousands of meals valued at greater than $50 million by strong applications and in partnership with 400 charitable organizations in Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee counties.

Treasure Coast Meals Financial institution is a member of Feeding America, the nationwide community of 200 meals banks that leads the battle in opposition to starvation in the US. For extra info on Treasure Coast Meals Financial institution, name 772.489.3034, go surfing to stophunger.org, go to our Fb web page at fb.com/tcfoodbank, or comply with us on Twitter at twitter.com/tcfoodbank.