Local business owners, corporate sponsors
and government and community leaders gath-
ered on the morning of April 1 to kick off All
Faith Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer
Hunger, the food bank has announced.
This is a first-of-its-kind countywide food and
fund drive, a news release notes.
All Faiths Food Bank will lead the 40-day
campaign, which will culminate on May
10, the release says. The initiative has been
planned to help feed the 21,000 Sarasota
County students who receive free or reduced-
price lunches during the school year; the
number represents 50 percent of the student
population, the release points out. During the
summer, those children — and their siblings
and families — may go without regular meals,
the release adds.
All Faiths Food Bank, with support from Gulf
Coast Community Foundation and The Jewish
Federation of Sarasota Manatee, created the
community campaign to encourage Sarasota
residents to "empty their shelves" and to
make cash gifts so no child in the county goes
hungry this summer, the release says.
All Faiths Food Bank also issued a $500,000
challenge match made possible by early sup-
porters of the effort.
(From left) John Nicholas of All Faiths Food Bank; Terri Hansen of the Gulf Coast Community
Foundation; Sandra Frank of All Faiths Food Bank; Veronica Brady of the Gulf Coast Community
Foundation; and Keith Monda of All Faiths Food Bank. Contributed photo by Cliff Roles
FOOD BANK LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SUMMER HUNGER
NEWS BRIEFS
