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Feeding Tampa Bay and local food bank ask county to focus on ALICE households, boost pantry capacity
Summary
Feeding Tampa Bay and the Community Food Bank described local food needs and recovery work after hurricanes, urged expansion of healthy pantry networks and workforce training, and outlined SNAP outreach and nutrition education work in Citrus County.
Feeding Tampa Bay and the Community Food Bank briefed the county commission on April 22 about hunger in Citrus County and steps the organizations say they are taking to expand food access and build resilience after recent hurricanes.
Barbara Sprague, CEO of the Community Food Bank, said local partners distributed more than 4.6 million meals in the past year through a network of 48 pantries, shelters and partners and that the food bank provided logistics and storage support during back-to-back hurricanes.
Lorena (Gram)…
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