ORLANDO, Fla. – Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida was one of five food banks across the country to receive a new mobile food pantry from Darden Restaurants.
Officials with Second Harvest and Darden unveiled the new refrigerated box truck on Wednesday. Dave Krepcho, the president & CEO of Second Harvest, said they can use the truck to deliver 20,000 pounds of fresh food, vegetable and proteins to their partner food pantries. “That’s enough food for about 12,000 meals,” Krepcho said.
The other food banks that also received a mobile food pantry are Feeding the Valley Food Bank in Midland, Georgia, Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, Mid-South Food Bank in Memphis, Tennessee and San Antonio Food Bank in San