Feed the Hungry Pantry 

To See Videos of Neighbors Who Have Lost Their Jobs and Are Thankful for the Gift of Food, Click Videos Above And Scroll to the Last 5 Items on the Page 

Every 6 Cents Provides Food for 1 Meal

God Bless Great

Charity Challenge!!

   The Great Charity Challenge was a wonderful event Feb. 1 and we won $40,000 to help us feed our hungry neighbors!

   Thanks to Roberts Stables and Sexton Engineering for sponsoring our team -- what nice people!

   We wish all of you could have met our talented 3 riders and seen their splendid costumes.

   The whole evening was fabulous -- and the food!!

   Many thanks to Anne Caroline and those who work with her for helping us and dozens of Palm Beach County charities.

   More than $1.3 million was given away.

   For the results click here:    

   View the video of our selection:  

 

  We are proudly ranked Platinum on Guidestar!

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How Can You Help?

     Since we are a volunteer-run charity with only 2 full-time employees, and a mostly part-time staff, every penny donated goes to buy, store, transport and give away nutritious food to about 25,000 hungry neighbors a year at our pantry.

    Our wonderful donors provide the meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, bread and canned and dry goods for more than 2.5 million meals a year for an average cost of about 6 cents.

     

     We are proud to partner with Extraordinary Charities to make Palm Beach County a better place to live for the less fortunate. Please email Dan Shorter at daneshorter@yahoo.com if you heard about our pantry through Extraordinary Charities.

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 God Bless our more than 200 volunteers, financial donors and the farmers and businesses that give us food!

$1-for-$1 Matching Grant April 5-11 -- Due to Recent Commitments Up To $30,000 Will Be Matched

Help us feed our laid-off neighbors!

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To give, click on E-Giving above or mail checks made out to Feed the Hungry Pantry of PBC to Dan Shorter, 8306 155th Place North, PBG, FL 33418. In memo line say Matching Grant. Remember all gifts are tax deductible, and we are rated Platinum by GuideStar.

Our phones are ringing off the hook from people who've lost their jobs recently and have no way to feed their families. Meanwhile meat donations from Publix, Sam's and Walmart have evaporated because they're selling everything. And the 20,000 lbs. in canned and dry goods we normally get weekly have been redirected away from pantries.

So we'll have to start buying food because not only do we have 3,000+ families counting on us but lots of pantries are closing and sending their families to us and we expect to add more senior centers where widows and widowers can cook food if we'll bring it to them. 

Plus we have other new expenses for cleaning supplies and driver overtime, extra tents and truck rentals for additional deliveries and distributions. 

Every 6 cents donated pays for the food for 1 meal. To give, click on the E-Giving tab above and set your own amount. Or make out checks to Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County and mail to Dan Shorter, 8306 155th Place North, PBG, FL 33418.

All gifts are tax deductible.

5,000+ Fed at Thanksgiving & Christmas! 

3,000+ Families Fed

Jan.-Oct.; 850+ Deliveries

     Like other veterans who receive our deliveries of milk, eggs, meat, vegetables, fruit, bread and canned goods, Harvey was polite when he called and uncomfortable asking for anything special.

     “You know that cinnamon bread you sent me last month?” he asked. “It was so good. I cut a slice for breakfast every morning as long as I could.”

      “I looked at the grocery store and I can’t afford it. Could you please send me another loaf this month?"

     So, Jacquie and the delivery team sent him 2 loaves. 

      Harvey’s social worker told us that until our volunteers started taking him food that Harvey didn’t eat regularly.

      That was true for all of the 850+ households we deliver to until they met us, including 550+ starving, shut-in seniors who now get food weekly. 

     The items you help us distribute are essential to those who pick up their own food also. 

     “The food I receive from you every month helps me and my family…save money…to manage the rent and utilities,” said Bonnie, who picks up her 100+ lbs. of healthy food in the pantry line. “It is one less worry…we count down the days to our next food pickup day."

     Mrs. Berry agreed: “Your pantry saves my family…stress and despair when we need to pay the rent. My family and I are eternally grateful….May God bless…your volunteers, your sponsors and everyone involved…”

    God blessed, and with your prayers 2019 was our best year ever – by far!

     1 -- Almost 3 million lbs. of nutritious food given out (about a 50% improvement). 

     2 -- We increased food deliveries from monthly to weekly for 550+ starving, shut-in seniors.

     3 -- As many as 3,000+ families given 100+ lbs. of healthy food Jan.-Oct.

     4 -- 6,400+ families including 25,000+ neighbors given 110+ lbs. of turkey, chicken, ham, potatoes, eggs, milk, cheese, corn, carrots, apples, bread and canned goods at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

     5 -- Together we drove our cost-per-meal down to about 6 cents.

   Want to help?

     Look in the left rail or across the top of the page to donate, volunteer and watch videos. 

Need Food? Call 561-741-4080 

Examples of who we give healthy food to:

   1 – Three veterans who collected and recycled cans to get enough money to come register.

   2 – Linda who came home from a rehab center after having both legs amputated to find her sister had stolen all the food in her home. We made a food delivery the day we found out.

   3 – Families of children who are coping with cancer treatments.  

   4 – Patients at a free medical clinic who have no food at home.

   5 – Hungry men and women who work behind the scenes at the South Florida Fair.   

     Highlights:

   1 – Our dedicated volunteers are delivering healthy food to 850+ shut-ins every month.

   2 – We quit buying canned goods and are focused on collecting more meat and produce from Publix, Costco and Walmart and thus providing much more nutritious food to hungry families.