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Business Notes (10/1/14)

By Staff | Oct 1, 2014

LeeTran sets record for ‘Fill Our Fleet’ food drive

LeeTran recently collected 178,200 pounds of food in its 6th annual “Fill Our Fleet to Feed the Hungry” food drive, exceeding its goal and last year’s total.

The record-setting collection brings LeeTran’s six-year grand total to 611,521 pounds of food donated to the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida.

Food drive partner, Publix Super Markets, sold donation bags for three weeks prior to the event. On Sept. 21, LeeTran vehicles and volunteers visited all 33 Publix in Lee County to stuff the buses.

Generous shoppers also gave $1,904 in cash, which the food bank can leverage into an additional $11,424 in food for the hungry in the area.

Last year’s food drive brought in 167,957 pounds; LeeTran set this year’s goal at 175,000 pounds after learning that the food bank’s supplies were severely depleted.

Food bank staff and volunteers have already begun sorting and packaging the non-perishable foodstuffs for distribution to its 150-plus partner agencies.

Business Notes (10/1/14)

By Staff | Oct 1, 2014

LeeTran sets record for ‘Fill Our Fleet’ food drive

LeeTran recently collected 178,200 pounds of food in its 6th annual “Fill Our Fleet to Feed the Hungry” food drive, exceeding its goal and last year’s total.

The record-setting collection brings LeeTran’s six-year grand total to 611,521 pounds of food donated to the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida.

Food drive partner, Publix Super Markets, sold donation bags for three weeks prior to the event. On Sept. 21, LeeTran vehicles and volunteers visited all 33 Publix in Lee County to stuff the buses.

Generous shoppers also gave $1,904 in cash, which the food bank can leverage into an additional $11,424 in food for the hungry in the area.

Last year’s food drive brought in 167,957 pounds; LeeTran set this year’s goal at 175,000 pounds after learning that the food bank’s supplies were severely depleted.

Food bank staff and volunteers have already begun sorting and packaging the non-perishable foodstuffs for distribution to its 150-plus partner agencies.