Sweetbay Supermarkets, local churches to donate to Harry Chapin Food Bank
Southwest Florida churches and Sweetbay Supermarkets are teaming up on Sunday, Nov. 15, to help stock the Harry Chapin Food Bank warehouse with food. Sweetbay’s Share the Harvest event encourages church members to go to Sweetbay and donate food needed by the food bank.
Fourteen Sweetbay Supermarket stores from Naples to Sarasota will stock their shelves with additional quantities of the most-needed items to prepare for the one-day event. Trucks and drivers from Harry Chapin Food Bank will deliver the food collected from all the Sweetbay store locations to the warehouse. Sweetbay Supermarket will also contribute an additional five percent more than the value of products donated.
People of all denominations are encouraged to participate in the Nov. 15 one-day effort to Share the Harvest by donating foods from the list posted in any Sweetbay Supermarket or purchasing gift cards and donating them to Harry Chapin Food Bank. More than 20 churches are involved in Share the Harvest and include:
– First Baptist Church of Bonita Springs
– Our Lady of Lourdes, Venice
– First Baptist Church of Lehigh
– St. Francis Xavier, Fort Myers
– Faith Lutheran Church of Punta Gorda
– Church on the Rock, Fort Myers
– Gulf Coast Church of Christ
– North Naples United Methodist
– Cross Way Baptist, Fort Myers
– St. Francis of Assisi, Englewood
– Vineyard Community Church of Cape Coral
– First Baptist Church of Estero
– First Baptist Church/Golden Gate
– St. John the Evangelist Church, Naples
– Cornerstone United Methodist, Naples
– Unity Church of Naples
– Estero Methodist Church
The Harry Chapin Food Bank, through its more than 160 participating agencies, feeds more than 20,000 people a month, up from 12,000 just two years ago. In the past fiscal year, The Harry Chapin Food Bank distributed more than six million pounds of food and other grocery products.
Sweetbay Supermarket was launched in November 2004 and is headquartered in Tampa. There are 103 stores in Florida. Visit sweetbaysupermarket.com for a complete listing of store locations and participating churches.
Additional information about or to contribute financially to the Harry Chapin Food Bank, contact 239-334-7007 or go to harrychapinfoodbank.org.