Whether it's a can of corn or any other non-perishable items, Lee County needs your donations. The county's "Donated, Not Wasted" campaign is underway from April 7 to April 21.
Ryan Uhler from Harry Chapin Food Bank and Kathy Kallas from Lee County Solid Waste joined Gulf Coast News to explain how you can help support Lee County Solid Waste’s eighth annual food rescue campaign.
Every year, seasonal residents pack up their homes and condos before heading north for the summer. Oftentimes, they still have unopened boxes, bags and cans of food in their cabinets and pantries. Rather than throw it away, Lee County is encouraging you to donate those goods to our neighbors experiencing hunger.
Since the program’s inception, 38,700 pounds of food has been diverted from potential disposal and sent to Harry Chapin Food Bank. You can donate shelf-stable, non-perishable food items like breakfast bars, canned fish or chicken, pasta and pasta sauces, dry milk, peanut butter, jelly and rice
Drop off locations include:
Parks facilities/recreation centers
- Estero Recreation Center – 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero, FL 33928
- North Fort Myers Recreation Center – 2000 N. Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
- Six Mile Cypress Slough Interpretive Center – 7791 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33966
- Veterans Park Recreation Center – 55 Homestead Road S., Lehigh Acres, FL 33936
- Wa-Ke-Hatchee Recreation Center – 16760 Bass Road, Fort Myers, FL 33908
Library locations
- Bonita Springs Public Library – 10560 Reynolds St., Bonita Springs, FL 34135
- Cape Coral Lee County Public Library – 921 SW 39th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33914
- Dunbar Jupiter Hammon Public Library – 3095 Blount St., Fort Myers, FL 33916
- East County Regional Library – 881 Gunnery Road N., Lehigh Acres, FL 33971
- Fort Myers Regional Library (South Building) – 1651 Lee St., Fort Myers, FL 33901
- Lakes Regional Library – 15290 Bass Road, Fort Myers, FL 33919
- North Fort Myers Public Library – 2001 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
- Northwest Regional Library – 519 Chiquita Blvd. N., Cape Coral, FL 33993
- Pine Island Public Library – 10701 Russell Road, Bokeelia, FL 33922
- Riverdale Public Library – 2421 Buckingham Road, Fort Myers, FL 33905
- Sanibel Public Library – 770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL 33957
For more information about the campaign, check out the website online .
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