QUINCY, Fla. (WTXL) - For Easter, Farm Share Florida donated more than 100,000 pounds of food to those in need in Quincy.
That amount of food weighs nearly as much as a tank, and it went straight to feeding more than 1,100 families.
"I think we do not recognize how many families in Florida do not have enough food," said volunteer Patricia Robbins Alger. "Our seniors they are not receiving enough income to buy fresh foods and vegetables. We provide to our seniors who need this nutrition and families with children. This program saves foods and vegetables from going to the dump and we use it to feed hungry people."
"I've been coming out helping out with this event for the last couple years and I enjoy it," said volunteer Frenchie Yon. "The idea of coming out meeting people being able to support an organization like this that's helping people in need that really need different items and foods."
"There's a lot that we could do if we just do it," said J.R. Gayle. "There's a lot the community can do. The community is uniting were were working together we're doing something together for the whole community and this satisfies a lot of people that ordinarily wouldn't have some of the stuff that were giving them."
