Annual Peanut Butter Challenge Continues Through Wednesday

November 19, 2018

If you want to help feed the hungry in Florida’s Panhandle this year, you can donate peanut butter during the annual Peanut Butter Challenge, coordinated by UF/IFAS Extension. Thanks to a partnership of UF/IFAS Extension and the Florida Peanut Producers Association, food pantries from Pensacola to Monticello will receive thousands of jars of donated peanut butter this December.

The annual Peanut Butter Challenger coordinated by UF/IFAS Extension is underway.

Donate unopened jars of peanut butter at the UF/IFAS Extension office and other locations in Escambia County by this Wednesday.This year, drop-off boxes can be found at:

  • UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment
  • Century Branch Library, 7991 N. Century Blvd., Century
  • Escambia County Public Safety, 6575 N. W St., Pensacola
  • Escambia County Farm Bureau, 153 Highway 97, Molino
  • Gilmore Services, 31 E. Fairfield Drive, Pensacola
  • Escambia County Administration, 221 Palafox Place, 4th Floor, Pensacola
  • Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit,10650 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola

Since 2012, the volunteers and UF/IFAS Extension faculty have collected jars of peanut butter from residents, volunteer groups and businesses in 16 Northwest Florida counties. Last year, UF/IFAS Extension county offices received 6,388 jars of peanut butter from across the district.

In addition to these donations, the Florida Peanut Producers Association also contributes, supplying more than 3,000 jars each challenge, said Libbie Johnson, agricultural agent for UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County and co-organizer of the challenge.

They hope to surpass that total this year, and citizens of Escambia County are asked to help.

“Every year, the Peanut Butter Challenge continues to grow and helps support the needs of our community with a healthy, locally-grown crop,” Johnson said. “Extension is proud to coordinate the effort to reduce food insecurity for Escambia County residents.”

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News