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Make Food for Families Donations at Seacoast National Bank

Written by: November 07 2009
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Seacoast National Bank has joined forces with WPTV Channel 5 as a sponsor for the 2009 Food For Families community food drive for a second year. Non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at any of the eight Seacoast banking locations in Indian River County through November 20.  Cash donation can also be made at Seacoast locations with checks made payable to Food for Families.

Visit www.seacoastnational.com to find a Seacoast location nearest to you.

Food gathered in each county will remain in the county in that county and will be distributed through established non-profit organizations to economically challenged families and individuals.

WPTV’s Food For Families initiative has been active over 25 years, collecting an average of 600,000 pounds of food per year over the last five years and working with more than 250 agencies in the five county area.

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