The eighth annual meals rescue marketing campaign “Donated not wasted” by Lee County County encourages residents and seasonal guests to donate unopened pantry objects earlier than returning to the north. Because the starting of this system, greater than 38,700 kilos of meals have deviated from the doable elimination and despatched to the Harry Chapin Meals Financial institution, sufficient meals to offer greater than 32,200 meals to the residents.
Usa to the stable waste of Lee County, Harry Chapin Meals Financial institution, Waste Professional, the Lee County Library System, the Sanibel Public Library and the Parks and Recreation of the Lee County on this effort to assist Enru Meals that would in any other case finish within the waste present to the inhabitants of individuals in want of the county.
To assist, go away canned or dry items with out opening from Monday, April 7 to Monday, April 21, within the collaborating libraries or the Lee County Parks services and recreation facilities. Further assortment containers can be found within the middle of the Topacios Courtroom of Strong Waste of Lee County, 6441 Topaz Courtroom, Fort Myers. Go to www.leegov.com/solidwaste/donated-not Wasted or name 239-533-8000 for extra data.
Supply places embody:
Parks/Recreation Facilities services
• Estero Recreation Heart – 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero, FL 33928
• North Fort Myers Recreation Heart – 2000 N. Recreation Park Method, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
• Six Mile Cypress Sloough – 7791 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33966
• Veterans Park Recreation Heart – 55 Homestead Highway, S., Lehight Acres, FL 33936
• WA-KE-HATCHEE RECREATION CENTR-16760 Bass Highway, Fort Myers, FL 33908
Library location
• Public Library of Bonita Springs – 10560 Reynolds St., Bonita Springs, FL 34135
• Public Library of CAPE COPE COPE LEE – 921 SW 39th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33914
• Public Library Dunbar Jupiter Hammon – 3095 Blount St., Fort Myers, FL 33916
• EAST County Regional Library – 881 Gunnery Highway, N., Lehight Acres, FL 33971
• Fort Myers Regional Library (South Constructing) – 1651 Lee St., Fort Myers, FL 33901
• Lagos Regional Library – 15290 Bass Highway, Fort Myers, FL 33919
• North Fort Myers Public Library – 2001 N. Tamiami Path, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
• Northwest Regional Library – 519 Chiquita Blvd., N., Cape Coral, FL 33993
• Pine Island Public Library – 10701 Russell Highway, Bakeelia, FL 33922
• Riverdale Public Library – 2421 Buckingham Highway, Fort Myers, FL 33905
• Public Library of Sanibel – 770 Dunlop Highway, Sanibel, FL 33957
Concerning the Harry Chapin Meals Financial institution
Harry Chapin Meals Financial institution, a Fooding Meals Financial institution companion of Feeding America, is the biggest group of starvation reduction in southwest Florida and serves 250,000 neighbors month-to-month by way of its feeding community of 175 businesses. For extra data, go to Harrychapinfoodbank.org or name 239-334-7007.