food bank donations

[Lindarit]

We are new to TV and would like to donate to the food banks. Is there somewhere I can find places to donate. We are not affiliated with any churches or groups yet. Thank you

[davem4616]

just google 'local food banks near me' and a few will come up

[Kim Fowler]

Wildwood Pantry is a big one adjacent to The Villages:

WILDWOOD FOOD PANTRY (http://www.seedsofhope-wildwood.com/pantry.html)

Also, the Winn Dixie grocery store near Lake Sumter Landing (and maybe other Winn Dixies) have a $5 bag of food at each register that you can pay for, and the store delivers.

Welcome to The Villages!

[Halibut]

There are also community food banks in Ocala (www.firststepfoodbank.org) and Leesburg (https://www.facebook.com/leesburgfoodbank).

For those who order from Amazon, you can use their Smile program to specify a charity to receive a percentage of your purchases. It's a very small amount per purchase, but in the aggregate it can be a nice chunk of change. For example, we direct ours to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, and they have received almost $9K in total. Just log in at smile.amazon.com and it's all automatic.