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Drive-Thru Food Giveaway happening May 18 at Northwest Florida Fairgrounds

Destin Harvest, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and the Northwest Florida Fair Association are collaborating to host a food giveaway event on Saturday, May 18th at the NWFL Fairgrounds. Feeding the Gulf Coast will be delivering a semi-truck loaded with 20,000 pounds of assorted produce, which volunteers will distribute to vehicles passing through the loop in […]

Destin Harvest, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and the Northwest Florida Fair Association are collaborating to host a food giveaway event on Saturday, May 18th at the NWFL Fairgrounds.

  • The event aims to provide free food to those in need within the community.

Feeding the Gulf Coast will be delivering a semi-truck loaded with 20,000 pounds of assorted produce, which volunteers will distribute to vehicles passing through the loop in the back parking lot of the fairgrounds.

  • The food giveaway will commence at 8:30 am on Saturday morning and will continue until all the food has been distributed.

“People are really struggling, and access to free foods can mean the difference of a rent or mortgage payment, filling a prescription, utilities being paid, and many other costly basic needs,” wrote Destin Harvest on social media.

The event organizers are seeking volunteers to assist with handing out the food. Interested individuals are encouraged to contact Chris at chris@destinharvest.org.

Destin Harvest, a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between food surplus and local hunger, has been actively supporting the community. In April alone, the organization delivered over 173,000 pounds of food at no cost to 39 feeding programs in Okaloosa and Walton County, bringing the year-to-date total to 645,773 pounds.

  • In 2023, Destin Harvest’s refrigerated trucks connected 1.59 million pounds of food to those in need.

The food giveaway event will take place at the Northwest Florida Fairgrounds, located at 1958 Lewis Turner Blvd, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547.

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