Palm Beach County Food Bank

Thank you to our 🎆 135 Holiday Food Drive Partners 🎆 who hosted food drives during the November/December months to alleviate hunger. As a result, 40,987 pounds of food was donated; providing over 🎆 123,000 nutritious meals 🎆 to the 193,000 families, children, seniors, and individuals who struggle with food insecurity in Palm Beach County! See the full list and learn more https://buff.ly/4gOplYZ

📣 Calling all artists, crafters, and helping hands! We need your volunteer support to paint 570 more bowls for Empty Bowls Palm Beach before February 14! 🎨 Day and evening paint opportunities are available at the Food Bank in Lake Worth Beach (east) and Picasso's Creative Workshop in Lake Worth Beach (west) from now through February. The more bowls you can paint during your session the better! No previous experience is necessary. All supplies are included. Admission and participation to paint bowls are complimentary. 👩🎨 https://buff.ly/3RarDFG Can't paint bowls or want to support hunger relief in other ways? Support Empty Bowls by 💛 Purchasing event tickets 💛Sponsoring the event 💛Volunteering on the day of 💛Donating to the event 💛Spreading the word

It's tiiiiimeee for Empty Bowls Palm Beach! 🥣 Please join us for this special event combining a simple meal and art for a cause to provide meals to our neighbors with empty bowls that need filling. 📅 Friday, February 21, from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm 📍 The Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea Your $40 12th Annual Empty Bowls Palm Beach admission includes: 🥣Unlimited soup tastings 🥣Bread roll by Old School Bakery 🥣Cookie 🥣Bottled water 🥣Hand-painted ceramic bowl (while supplies last) 🥣Goodie bag (while supplies last) For the past 12 years, the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea has collaborated with the Palm Beach County Food Bank to raise critical funds for our neighbors in need through Empty Bowls Palm Beach. Bethesda-by-the-Sea underwrites the event in its entirety, with generous support from the community, so that every dollar raised to attend the event directly supports the Palm Beach County Food Bank. Thanks to the generosity of our community, by February 23rd, 2024, we raised one million dollars across 11 years of Empty Bowls Palm Beach! 💛 Join us, sponsor, or paint bowls https://buff.ly/3RarDFG

Happy New Year! 🎆 We wish you a healthy and prosperous new year. Thank you for a transformational 2024! In its 13th year, the Palm Beach County Food Bank will continue working towards our vision of alleviating hunger in Palm Beach County. To start the year off with our vision in mind, we are hosting our New Year, Same Mission: Alleviating Hunger Food Drive. Connect with us 🎆 for your food collection bin pick-up or drop-off 🎆 to download the official food drive flyer 🎆 stop by our facility Monday through Friday to donate food. 🎆 buff.ly/3K4cRgk

Our volunteers are fantastic! They help us in countless ways to give the best support to our neighbors in need. Thank you is not enough for all the time you gave to alleviate hunger in Palm Beach County in 2024. Recently, Rochenel (pictured with certificate), a volunteer who assists our Benefits Outreach Specialist, Marie at a local library every week, was presented with a certificate of appreciation for his selfless dedication to our community experiencing hunger. His certificate read, " Thank you for being an outstanding citizen by freely giving the generous gift of time, talent, and energy as a volunteer for the Palm Beach County Food Bank’s Benefits Outreach Program and the [name omitted for privacy] Public Library. Thank you for the lives you touch every day. We appreciate you so much!" Together, we nourish!

Many thanks to HCA Florida JFK Hospital and our other food and fund drive partners! We are accepting donations for The Gift of Hope food drive through 🎁December 31st 📍701 Boutwell Road, Suites A-1 and A-2, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33461 ⏰Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm in our warehouse and until 4 pm in our front lobbies.

Thank you for your support, Christopher Irizarry and FoundCare, Inc.! It was a pleasure having you here. If you or your team are interested in touring our facility to see first-hand the work we to alleviate hunger, please reach us at 561-670-2518 or email info@pbcfoodbank.org.

This #GivingTuesday you can DOUBLE your impact on hunger relief by providing TWICE the number of meals to our 1 in 9 Palm Beach County neighbors struggling to put food on the table! 💙 Thanks to generous friends of the Food Bank's $75,000 matching gift, every $1 you give today through December 31st will nourish our neighbors in need with ten meals. 🎁 Give the gift of hope this holiday season by alleviating hunger with nutritious meals. https://buff.ly/4im7ERB

The 34th Annual Project Thanksgiving 🦃 with United Way of Palm Beach County and WPEC-TV CBS12 News provided 5,000 Thanksgiving fixings meal kits for our neighbors struggling to put food on the table this holiday season! Thank you for turning hunger into hope this Thanksgiving. 💛 Your food donations and monetary gifts made this all possible. During this time of giving thanks, we thank you for your generous spirit, dedicated support, and extraordinary impact. Without you, our mission of nourishing our neighbors and improving their lives one meal at a time is not possible. 🥰 We wish you and your loved ones a safe, healthy, and happy #Thanksgiving!

Jones Foster’s Thanksgiving food drive will provide 1,129 meals to our neighbors in need this holiday season! Thank you for turning hunger into hope through your donation and by raising awareness. Your continued support in hunger relief is greatly appreciated.