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Yahoo
02-05-2025
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WKRG ‘Stock the Pantry' sponsors unload donations at Feeding the Gulf Coast
THEODORE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG's 'Stock the Pantry' initiative has come to an end and on Friday, sponsors of the event unloaded their donations at the Feeding the Gulf Coast warehouse. Popular Mobile Christmas store to permanently close We partnered with FTGC to help struggling families and children get food during the summer months when school is not in session. The initiative focuses on food that kids are able to make themselves without the help of an adult. Our sponsors play a big role in helping us collect food for children, as they help us collect donations throughout the month of April. They include: Greer's Baldwin EMC Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Palmer's Toyota Superstore Palmer's Airport Hyundai Bryant Bank Hembree Heating and Air Rich's Car Wash Godfather's Pizza Ivan Maisel to join Mobile Sports Hall of Fame We will be live during the day on Friday with the donation drop-offs. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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18-04-2025
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Feeding the Gulf Coast plans to expand Milton facility
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — One in six people, including children, are food insecure along the central Gulf Coast. Parishioners gather for Stations of the Crosses service observed on Good Friday Feeding the Gulf Coast needs a facility that can keep up. That's why plans are in the works to expand their Milton facility. 'We just want to be able to make a bigger impact and we think this addition will help us do that,' President & CEO of FTGC, Michael Ledger, said. With an addition of about 6,000 square feet, Ledger said they'll be able to process more food through the facility and also provide additional resources to the community. 'We're going to be able to add a kitchen which we're going to preparing for meals for children and we're going to be able to start offering nutrition education classes in the facility,' Ledger said. Last year, FTGC provided 37 million meals along the central Gulf Coast. 14 million of those meals were provided to families facing hunger in the Florida Panhandle. 'The need unfortunately continues to grow,' Ledger said. 'You know during COVID it exploded. We had hoped that it would start to recede, it wouldn't happen over night but that it would slowly start to decrease, unfortunately it's continued to increase.' Ledger said they hope to start construction on the expansion in the fall. 'It's going to allow us to reach more people and the need is greater than ever,' Ledger said. Okaloosa County deputies respond to sinkhole delaying traffic in Destin Resources for those facing food insecurity can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
