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Escambia Schools Collect Food For Manna Food Pantries
November 17, 2011
Escambia County schools have been busy collecting food for Manna Food Pantries through the “Help Feed Your Neighbor” program.
On Thursday, school buses will deliver the food donated by students, staff and teachers to Manna’s warehouse.
The effort will help support the more than one-third of Manna’s clients that are under 18-years old.
With 39% of the people we serve being under the age of 18, food drives through schools and the district means students and school personnel are making a difference in the lives of other children,” said DeDe Flounlacker, Manna executive director.
Manna operates six pantries in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, and distributed 786,092 pounds of food in the last 12 months to 38,825 people. All services are offered free of charge to those in need. In addition, Manna also operates a Gardens Program that is dedicated to helping people learn more about how to be self-sufficient in growing their own food. The Gardens Program supports 18 gardens in schools throughout Escambia County.
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There is just not enough. It is sad to thing of rampant malnutrition in this Nation, and once what was