Our partners from The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties continued their fight against hunger in Florida by holding their second annual food drive from April 23-May 5.
As Florida's leading independent real estate company, The Keyes Company and Illustrated properties have offices throughout the state. Fifty-one locations participated in this year's food drive and were challenged to collect more than the 6,200 lbs. of food that was donated in 2017. It came down to the wire, but Ana K. Lopez from the Palm Beach Gardens office coordinated a delivery of 1,120 lbs. of dry rice, beans, and lentils which helped put them over the top! A grand total of 6,356 lbs. of food was donated this year, which is the equivalent of 5,300 meals.
The food drive would not have been possible without the help of Andy Newitt and the crew at A-1 Moving & Storage of Jupiter. The Atlas Van Lines agents volunteered picked up the donations from all but four of the locations and delivered them to the local food banks.
"All of us at A-1 agree that we need to find ways to pay it forward,'" Newitt said. "That is one of the reasons we go to through all of the effort to help collect and deliver the food and support other charities in our community."
More than 2.8 million people in Florida are food insecure, including 1 in 5 children. Thank you to The Keyes Company, Illustrated Properties, and A-1 Moving & Storage for coming together to help your neighbors in need.
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