The Southeast Produce Council is asking help from its members for donations of fresh produce to help communities affected by Hurricane Florence. They said the immediate need is for produce with a longer shelf life (at least a week) as many will be without power and refrigeration capabilities for a while. Examples might include: potatoes, onions, apples, citrus fruit, stone fruit, etc.
SEPC is partnering with the Society of St. Andrew and have scheduled a load to be delivered between October 17th and 19th and are asking members to provide any products available. They are arranging four consolidation points for product pickup. Anyone that can get their product to one of these consolidation points by Tuesday, October 16th will have it included into the truckload for delivery.
The consolidation points are:
Mack Farms​ - Lake Wales, FL
L&M Companies - Moultrie, GA
Southern Valley - Norman Park, GA
Nickey Gregory Company - Forest Park, GA
Please contact Barbara Sayles from the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) at 863-224-0472 or sosafl@endhunger.org to schedule a pickup at one of the consolidation points. Please note that SoSA needs confirmation of product donations by October 10th.
For more information:
Southeast Produce Council
Tel: +1 (877) 720-7372
info@seproducecouncil.com
www.seproducecouncil.com