Throughout the month of April, Girl Scouts came together to tackle food insecurity through the annual Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida’s council-wide community service project, Feeding Florida Together. More than 900 Girl Scouts and their troops contributed 350 volunteer hours to local food banks and hunger relief organizations. At the same time, they donated more than 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food items — enough for nearly 8,500 meals.
Girl Scouts collected essential shelf-stable food and pantry staples, including peanut butter, pasta, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, and more. These donations were distributed across several counties, including Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee, to the Broward Outreach Center, House of Hope, Mustard Seed Ministry, several CROS Ministries food pantries and more.
“Feeding Florida Together is more than a food drive, it’s an opportunity for our girls to become changemakers and really make a difference in local communities,” said Lisa Johnson, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida. “They see firsthand the impact they can make in their communities by working together to fight hunger and food insecurity.”
According to Feeding Florida, 2.9 million Floridians lack proper food access, more than 800,000 of those are children and more than
