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Annual Ibis Charity Food Drive benefits Palm Beach County Food Bank
Wakisha Bailey
Reporter
Annual Ibis Charity Food Drive benefits Palm Beach County Food Bank
WEBVTT WAKISHA: IT’S A HUNGER FIGHT, IT’S AN ALLOUT WAR, ONE THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUGHT WITH COMPASSION AND REGRET THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK -- >> GENEROSITY. >> CANNED GOODS, DRY GOODS, THINGS IN PLASTIC, LOTS OF PASTA CANNED VEGETABLES CANNED FRUIT DRY BEANS, RICE -- >> IT IS ALL GOING TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOT BANK THANKS THREE AND ALL FOOD DRIVE. A DRIVE THAT LARRY GELBER AND OTHERS MAKE EVERY YEAR. >> TRUNK LOAD OF CAN GOODS, RICE, NOT EXACTLY SURE, WE KNOW WHAT WE PUT IN BUT NOT WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS PUT IN. [LAUGHTER] >> I AM BLESSED WITH WHAT I HAVE AND I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. WAKISHA: LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 22,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WAS COLLECTED AND THIS YEAR THEY’RE ON SCHEDULE TO EXCEED THOSE NUMBERS. >> BEEN NEED IS GREATER THAN USUAL. LAST YEAR WE HAD AN IMPACT FROM HURRICANE IRMA AND THE NEED WAS GREAT LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT CATASTROPHE. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN NEED THAT WOULDN’T PREVIOUSLY ASK FOR HELP. >> IT SHOWS HOW GREAT HUMANS ARE . WE HEAR BAD STORIES, YET YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, HOW GENEROUS PEOPLE ARE WITH BOTH THEIR TIME AND THEIR MONEY. WAKISHA: NO DONATION IS EVER TOO SMALL TO FIGHT THE WAR ON HUNGER
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Annual Ibis Charity Food Drive benefits Palm Beach County Food Bank
Wakisha Bailey
Reporter
The Club at Ibis residents came together Sunday to help those less fortunate. All items donated help support the Palm Beach County Food Bank.A constant line of vehicles filled with bags of groceries made drop-offs between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. inside the parking lot of Club Ibis. Volunteers assisted with loading and sorting all the donations. Rick Carpenter with Club Ibis said the community’s support continues to grow every year. “Today the need is greater than usual. Last year we had an impact from Hurricane Irma and the need was great last year because of that catastrophe. There are many people in need that wouldn’t previously ask for help,” Carpenter said.The Palm Beach County Food Bank provides access to nutritious food for more than 100,000 people every month. The food bank procures approximately 5 million pounds of food annually from grocery stores, restaurants, food distributors and wholesalers. The Palm Beach County Food Bank programs reaches families, school children and seniors and connects those in need to resources.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —

The Club at Ibis residents came together Sunday to help those less fortunate. All items donated help support the Palm Beach County Food Bank.

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A constant line of vehicles filled with bags of groceries made drop-offs between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. inside the parking lot of Club Ibis. Volunteers assisted with loading and sorting all the donations. Rick Carpenter with Club Ibis said the community’s support continues to grow every year.

“Today the need is greater than usual. Last year we had an impact from Hurricane Irma and the need was great last year because of that catastrophe. There are many people in need that wouldn’t previously ask for help,” Carpenter said.

The Palm Beach County Food Bank provides access to nutritious food for more than 100,000 people every month. The food bank procures approximately 5 million pounds of food annually from grocery stores, restaurants, food distributors and wholesalers. The Palm Beach County Food Bank programs reaches families, school children and seniors and connects those in need to resources.