Palm Beach food drive collects hundreds of items, $7,275

The 11th annual Empty Your Pantry Food Drive received hundreds of food items and $7,275 in cash to benefit Palm Beach County children and adults at risk of going hungry, according to the City of Palm Beach United Way, which organized the event.

“We are amazed and extremely grateful for all the donations to this year’s food drive,” campaign chairman Richard Rothschild said in a prepared statement. “The food and monetary donations we raised will help our food-focused nonprofit partners stock their pantries over the summer when they need help most.”

The food was donated to two nonprofit partners of the Town of Palm Beach United Way, Alpert Jewish Family Service and the Farmworker Coordinating Council.

The funds will be evenly distributed to benefit food banks at United Way partner agencies Alpert Jewish Family Service, Boca Helping Hands, CROS Ministries, El Sol and The Glades Initiative.

Alpert Jewish Family Service provides kosher food to Jewish individuals, including families and seniors, who face food insecurity. The agency has kosher food banks in West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach.

“Food insecurity is a major issue in our region and we are grateful for all the donations coming into United Way to help our pantries and feed our clients in the surrounding communities,” said Cara Gottlieb, director of food pantry operations at Alpert Jewish Family Center, said in a statement.

The Farmworker Coordinating Council distributes food and food stamps from offices in Lake Worth Beach and Belle Glade to meet the needs of local farmworkers and their families.

“The donated food will help these families avoid hunger and provide them with essential nutrition to meet their basic needs,” Denise Negron, executive director of the Farmworker Coordinating Council, said in a statement.

The event was held April 1-15 in partnership with Field of Greens, Palm Beach Fire Rescue and Palm Beach Daily News.

Here is the list of all donors:

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James Borynack and Adolfo ZaraleguiNancy BrinkerEileen BurnsAnn Marie ChambersDona and Howard CohenMark CookCarla CoveMargaret DeanKathy DelaneyMickey and Charlie FeldbergField of GreensFindlay GalleriesFirst HorizonDouglas EJ FredricksKim and Robert FrisbieMargaret and Robert GallettaKim GanhoSandy and George GarfunkelEdith GelfandMarsha and Richard GoldbergLee, Susan and Sam GordonSheila and Bob Josephberg , Irene and Jim Karp

Paulette KochThe Larmoyeux familyStephanie LetesStephen and Emily MagowanJean MeisenzahlHess MusalletDaphne Nikolopoulos

Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim

Palm Beach IllustratedSandra PalmerDeborah and Edward PollackJoAnne and Bruce PolozkerDeborah and Michael PucilloRichard PurcellJoyce ReingoldThe Rothschild FamilyThe Frances G. Scaife Private FoundationJ. David and Anita Seay

Linda Sosnowitz and Alex GelinasBen Starling, IIISusan O. Taylor

Norma and Bill TiefelFrancesca TropeanoDeb VasilopoulosMrs. Howard A. WeissNancy F. WheelerSari WilkeyDavid and Kayla WillsonLisa and Chad Wilkinson

Here is the list of all donors:

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