Southeastern Grocers donates more than $1.1 million in supplies to help Ukraine citizens; Goodwill to collect food for “Cereal for Summer” food drive
Southeastern Grocers donates more than $1.1 million in supplies to help Ukraine citizens
Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parents company and home of Fresco y Was, Harvers Supermarket and Winn-Dixie Grocery Stores, extended additional support to the citizens of Ukraine through a donation of cleaning and sanitation supplies, personal protective equipment and nonperishable food items to humanitarian nonprofit organization Mission 823.
Southeastern Grocers Inc.’s donation included more than $1.1 million dollars in products.
The donation will benefit Mission 823, a humanitarian nonprofit organization on the ground in Ukraine, seeking to help and protect at-risk children, including orphans and those on the streets that may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and childhood traumas felt in war-torn areas. The organization also works with local task forces to help rescue children from human trafficking.
For more information on Mission 823, visit www.mission823.com
Goodwill to collect food for “Cereal for Summer” food drive
As many as a quarter of the children in the Tampa Bay community are at risk of going hungry over the summer when school meals stop. To combat this number, The “Cereal for Summer” food drive, in partnership with 10 News and Feeding Tampa Bay, is returning in 2022 to fight hunger by collecting nutritious foods for families in need.
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast is supporting the food drive by collecting nonperishable foods at their retail stores throughout the Tampa Bay Area. To make a donation, just look for the “Cereal for Summer” collection box inside of Goodwill stores all throughout Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Polk and Citrus counties.
Your donation can help ensure that children will be able to start the day with a healthy snack during the summer school break. Participants are encouraged to donate dry cereal — preferably one that is nutritious — breakfast bars or oatmeal.
The food drive will be held from April 1 through May 6 and those in the Plant City area can donate to their local Goodwill location at 2802 James L. Redman Parkway.
