In Leon County, Florida there are over 60,000 citizens, including 1 in 5 children, that suffer from food insecurity on a daily basis. The generous employees at AMWAT Moving, Warehousing & Storage, based in Tallahassee, decided to do something about that. For the past four years, the Wheaton agents have been holding a Fill-A-Truck food drive to help provide meals for their neighbors in need.
AMWAT Moving, Warehousing & Storage parked one of their moving trucks in front of the Tallahassee Democrat's office building, where anyone could come and help fill the trailer with non-perishable food donations. Around 40 national and local businesses participated in the event.
Fill A Truck is one of our favorite types of food drives because it allows companies such as AMWAT Moving. Warehousing & Storage to get plenty of exposure to the public AND collect thousands of pounds of non-perishable food!
Since 2014, AMWAT Moving, Warehousing & Storage has been able to incredibly donate over 106,000 pounds of non-perishable food items which created over 88,000 meals for those in need. This amazing success continued at this year's Fill-A-Truck food drive, as more than 5,500 pounds of non-perishable food was donated -- that's the equivalent of 4,600 meals!
AMWAT Moving, Warehousing & Storage also volunteered to deliver all of the of donations to America’s Second Harvest of the Big Bend.
Florida’s Big Bend region is home to 13 counties, where about 140,000 people, including 32,000 children, are considered to be food insecure. Thank you so much to AMWAT Moving, Warehousing & Storage for being a consistently positive force in fighting food insecurity!
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