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Food, clothing drive a success

Drum roll, please…..

Thanks to all who contributed to the UF CVM/VOICE-sponsored food drive and clothing collection effort during November and December, the college was able to donate 1,150 pounds of food to the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank over the holidays! That amount more than triples what was collected last year for food alone. What an accomplishment!

In addition, approximately 550 pounds of clothing, shoes, toiletries and other supplies were donated to St. Francis House, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen that provides emergency food, temporary shelter and related support services in a safe, secure environment for people in Alachua County who, for whatever reason, find themselves homeless and hungry.

Bread of the Mighty serves a five-county area including Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette and Levy through a network of 150 agencies who are on the front lines of poverty in soup kitchens, food pantries, faith-based and community feeding and food programs.

Food bins remain in VC-1, the lobby adjacent to the offices of the department of small animal clinical sciences (near the sliding doors) and in the dean’s office for those who would like continue to contribute in the coming year.