20,000 Meals and Counting

Shouting out to all the IOA Corporate 5k teams and companies who have participated in the 100 Meal Challenge!  To demonstrate that the Corporate 5k is a big race with a big heart, we asked our participating companies to join in the community effort to help ease the food insecurity issue that so many of our neighbors experience.   We’re thrilled to announce that we’re at 20,000 meals and counting in our Food and Funds Drive benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank and the Christian Service Center.

Teams:

4Rivers
Ability Rehab
Akerman LLP
American Lung Association
Aon
Bristol West/Farmers Insurance
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Center State Bank
Cite Partners
City Beverages
City of Orlando

Coca-Cola
Cole Engineering
Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc.
*Cru
Czarnowski
Disney Reservation Center
Eola Technology Partners
Fit2Run
Greenberg Traurig PA
*Greenspoon Marder Law
Healthcare for the Homeless
Holiday Inn Club
iBoss Cyber Security
*Insurance Office of America
*Jackson Therapy Partners, LLC and Jackson Nurse Professionals
JP Morgan Chase
Kaplan Test Prep
Leidos
LHPS
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
M43 Creative
Mankind Project
Ocoee High School
Orange County
Orange County Public Schools 
Outloud Publishing
Second Harvest Food Bank
Source2
Stuph Clothing
Tetra Tech
The Orlando Law Group
Track Shack
Washington Shores Elementary
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
*Contributed 3000+ meals.

“One thing that is clear from the results of this study is that the face of hunger in Central Florida is probably not unfamiliar to most of us.  It includes people who have jobs, raise families, pay taxes, work toward education, and struggle with health problems.  The choices they face in order to put food on the table are daunting.  We hope that these findings help to dispel some of the myths and stereotypes that can creep into public perception of who needs help.”

Read the Second Harvest Food Bank report on Central Florida Faces of Hunger 2014.