Stock the Pantry 2024 recap: How the Gulf Coast targeted food insecurity

Summer Poole
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5’s Stock the Pantry Food Drive has helped fill the shelves at Feeding the Gulf Coast for the past two years. Our 2024 food drive has come to an end and we are collecting all our food from our sponsor locations.

We had six local businesses sponsor this event.

Roto-Rooter:

Hannah Frederic from Roto-Rooter joined WKRG’s Stock the Pantry campaign to ensure children receive nutritious meals this summer.

Frederic and employees at Roto-Rooter collected food from Greer’s to stock their location’s donation can and do their part to ensure children are fed during the summer.

Greer’s:

Lucy Greer from Greer’s joined WKRG’s Stock the Pantry campaign, a partnership with Feeding the Gulf Coast, to help provide meals for children along the Gulf Coast who struggle to know where their next meal will come from.

Palmer’s Toyota:

Jacob Palmer from Palmer’s Toyota joined WKRG’s Stock the Pantry campaign to help provide meals for children along the Gulf Coast during the summer.

Wind Creek:

Terri Breckenridge, assistant general manager at Wind Creek, joined WKRG’s campaign Stock the Pantry to help feed children along the Gulf Coast.

Bryant Bank:

Michael Holland from Bryant Bank joined WKRG’s Stock the Pantry campaign to help keep children fed this summer.

According to Holland who volunteers and serves on the board, Feeding the Gulf Coast served over 30 million pounds of food in 2023.

Baldwin EMC:

Mark Ingram with Baldwin EMC joined WKRG’s Stock the Pantry campaign to help ensure children are fed during the summertime.

Ingram shared that more than 100,000 students along the Gulf Coast and more than 10,000 students in the Baldwin County School System are food insecure.

We are tallying up the amount of food raised. We will update this story when we have those results.

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