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HARVEST DRIVE’S 22nd YEAR OF

CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN IN BROWARD SCHOOLS

 

 

 

DATE: October 27, 2014

CONTACT: Renee Herman

Harvest Drive, Inc. 


 

 “Children Helping Children” remains the theme of the Harvest Drive after 22 years. The children throughout Broward County Schools continue to be the focal point of our activities and most students will be assisting in our efforts. Our new distribution sites this year are McArthur High School, Sunrise Middle School, Piper High School, and Miramar High School. Harvest Drive has 190 public schools participating in Broward County this year. Each school has their own method of raising awareness and collecting the non-perishable food from this year’s need’s list.

 

Harvest Drive’s Year-round Goal:

Harvest Drive will be a resource for needy families in crisis for assistance with food and other necessities. Families are referred by Broward County school social workers and social service agencies. Harvest Drive supports several food pantries for the Broward County schools, which the school social workers use all year-round to feed families.

 

The Thanksgiving Harvest Drive in action:

The Harvest Drive is a yearlong project that culminates in a charitable event that takes place in the majority of the Broward County Public Schools every Thanksgiving. Students, businesses, churches and temples conduct drives and supply the Harvest Drive with the non-perishable food, which is then distributed to the families. Community businesses, corporations, civic organizations, Parent Teacher Associations, volunteer organizations, and individual donors have generously sponsored the Harvest Drive by providing money to purchase all perishable foods and gift cards. Various High School clubs collect large quantities of food obtained at neighborhood Publix and Wal-Mart stores during Harvest Days throughout the county.

 

Preparation for the actual distribution day takes place at each host school. This is an effort that entails the participation and coordination of hundreds of students, school personnel and many community volunteers. All items collected are dropped off at the respective distribution school sites. Volunteers sort, inventory and label all donations. The non-perishable food items are packed in ten overflowing grocery bags per family.

 

Sponsors and Community Involvement:

 

Harvest Drive Main Sponsors: Children’s Services Council of Broward County, The Jim Moran Foundation, Publix Food For Sharing, Feed Four More from The Whole Foods Market, Top Drawer Media Solutions, Rotary International, John Knox Village, Ultimate Software, Broward County and Broward County Schools have partnered with the Harvest Drive in broadening our reach in Broward County. Their efforts coupled with our previous 21 years of reaching out for sponsors have resulted in record numbers of corporate, civic and individual sponsors.

 

Harvest Drive Sponsors: 5i Solutions, Inc, Acaletics, Action Technologies,  A+ Mini Storage – Davie, ARC Broward, Baptist Health, Berlin Foundation, Broward Sheriff’s Office – Weston, Carolina Ale House - Weston, Castle Management, Community Bank of Broward, Chuck Puleri & Associates, Chipotle, Costco – Pembroke Pines, Davie Police Department, Davie and the Ranches Magazine, DJ AHERM, Festival of Flutes, First Service Residential Realty, FIU Broward Pines Center, Florida Panthers, For Life Productions, Frostie Flavor Shaved Ice, Hillsboro Shores Improvement Assoc,. Inc. Huntington Learning Center, In Jacob’s Shoes, Jack’s Sub Shack, JEM4, Knights of Columbus, Ladies for Change Coral Springs/Parkland, Lifestyle Magazine, North Broward Prep, Northern Trust, Our City Weston Magazine, Parkway Christian School, Picasso Promotions, Publix, Publix Charities, Rio Vista Community Church, The Rotary Club of Coconut Creek, The Rotary Club of Hollywood, The Rotary Club of Plantation, The Rotary Club of Weston, Sports and Activities Magazine, RSA, Temple Beth Emet, Tijuana Flats, Two Men and a Truck Fort Lauderdale, Vita Italian Restaurant – Cooper City, Weston Fire Department, Weston Flyers, Weston Lawyers, Weston Town Center, Winn Dixie, and YMCA of Broward County.

 

The Harvest Drive is honored to have the endorsement of the Broward County School Board and Board of Commissioners, Davie City Council Members, Weston City Commissioners, Weston Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Services Council, and the South Florida Hunger Coalition.

 

Please make this the year you elect to support and participate in this worthwhile, countywide charitable effort so that ‘no child goes hungry’. If you would like more information on how you can help, please see the Harvest Drive website at: www.harvestdriveflorida.com. Should you know of a family in need of some assistance, kindly contact your school’s social worker for detailed information.

 

 

 

The Harvest Drive accepts monetary donations and gift cards.

Checks should be made payable to:

Harvest Drive, Inc.

5190 NW 165th Street, Miami, Florida 33014

All donations are tax-deductible 501c (3)

www.harvestdriveflorida.com

 

 

 

 

We remain a 100% Volunteer Charity staffed by “Worker Bees”,

 Students, and community sponsors.