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Envision Credit Union's "Envision No Hunger" campaign matched any community contribution up to $30,000 over a 5-year period.
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The plastic buckets containing hurricane preparedness supplies were donated by a Tallahassee business consulting firm.
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"They’re just troupers." The food bank hasn’t missed a beat in responding to last month’s tornadoes, despite having to lay off 20 employees in March.
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The event's usual venue at the Godby High School cafeteria was heavily damaged by flooding in April, so the food pack-a-thon moved to Fairview Middle School.
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The May 10th tornados in Tallahassee damaged and destroyed hundreds of homes and knocked out power. But the extended outages have resulted in a massive amount of food spoilage in a food-insecure area of the state. Now, local residents are restocking their fridges and freezers with help from Second Harvest of the Big Bend.
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With some residents going nearly a week without electricity, the contents of their refrigerators and freezers were a total loss.
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The Leon County program is a partnership effort involving multiple agencies and service providers.
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Executive Director Monique Ellsworth said her organization isn't the only food bank now struggling with new grant reductions and restrictions.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been helping Second Harvest for years
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The food bank is trying to help the region recover from Hurricane Idalia, even as a major employer shuts down