By Eric Thompson | Raider Review Staff
From Tuesday, Oct. 27, to Friday, Nov. 13, the United Food Bank of Plant City will start its annual Fall Food Drive in Area 6 Hillsborough County schools.
The event will help to feed families within the community and assist the food bank’s Children’s Nutrition Outreach Program, which ensures that children in the community will be fed when school is closed for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. This is accomplished by providing meals to over 5,000 children each year.
Non-perishable food items can be dropped off to any of the Area 6 schools. This includes Plant City High School, which has already started to donate food to the drive. PCHS students may give food donations to their second period classrooms.
Even the smallest donations can make a difference. In last year’s food drive, 36,665 pounds of food were collected by the food bank, which helped to provide 54,600 meals to students in the community.
“It’s always wonderful to see such a huge support from the Plant City community for our annual fall food drive within the schools,” Christine Miller, executive director of the food bank, said.
Area 6 Hillsborough County Schools
Bailey
4630 Gallagher Road, Dover
Bryan
2006 West Oak Ave., Plant City
Buckhorn
2420 Buckhorn School Court, Valrico
Burney
901 S. Evers St., Plant City
Cork
3501 N. Cork Road, Plant City
Dover
3035 Nelson Ave., Dover
Durant
4748 Cougar Path, Plant City
Jackson
502 E. Gilchrist St., Plant City
Knights
4815 N. Keene Road, Plant City
Lincoln
1207 E. Renfro St., Plant City
Marshall
18 S. Maryland Ave., Plant City
Mulrennan
4215 Durant Road, Valrico
Nelson
5413 Durant Road, Dover
Pinecrest
7950 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Lithia
Plant City
1 Raider Place, Plant City
Robinson
4801 S. Turkey Creek Road, Plant City
Simmons
1202 W. Grant St., Plant City
Springhead
3208 Nesmith Road, Plant City
Strawberry Crest
4691 Gallagher Road, Dover
Tomlin
501 N. Woodrow Wilson St., Plant City
Trapnell
1605 W. Trapnell Road, Plant City
Turkey Creek
5005 S. Turkey Creek Road, Plant City
Valrico
609 S. Miller Road, Valrico
Walden Lake
2800 Turkey Creek Road, Plant City
Wilson
702 English St., Plant City