Feeding Tampa Bay adding free food Mega Pantry location in Town ‘N Country neighborhood

Many Florida families continue to struggle to put food on the table during the pandemic.One nonprofit helping out is Feeding Tampa Bay. Each week the organization is handing out hundreds of thousands of pounds of free food to families in need at Mega Pantry events.Feeding Tampa Bay is adding a ninth Mega Pantry location on Thursday, January 21 to help families living in the Town ‘N Country neighborhood of Hillsborough County.The new location will operate every Thursday from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Verizon Corporate Center located at 6550 W. Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa.State Representative Susan Valdes is helping to support Feeding Tampa Bay with the opening of its newest Mega Pantry.Feeding Tampa Bay currently operates Mega Pantry locations in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties:MONDAYSLakes Church1010 E. Memorial Blvd., Lakeland3:30 – 6:00 p.m.Yuengling Center at USF Tampa12499 USF Bull Run Drive, Tampa,3:30 – 6:00 p.m.(please enter off of USF Alumni Dr.)TUESDAYSDesoto Square Mall303 301 Blvd. W., Bradenton3:30 – 6:00 p.m.(please enter off of 301, near the Firestone)WEDNESDAYSCrossover Church1235 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa3:30 – 6:00 p.m.HCC Southshore Campus551 24th St. NE, Ruskin3:30 – 6:00 p.m.THURSDAYSJohn S. Burks Park13220 Gene Nelson Blvd., Dade City1:30 – 4:00 p.m.Verizon Corporate Center6550 W. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa3:30 – 6:00 p.m.SATURDAYSHCC Dale Mabry4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd., Tampa9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Tropicana Field16th Street, St. Petersburg9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.(please enter Lot 1 via 5th Ave. South)For additional information on Feeding Tampa Bay’s food assistance operations, click here.Sarasota, Manatee County Read More