Destin Harvest

Come out to the 38th Annual Silent Auction at Harbor Docks next Saturday to support two worthy causes -- Take a Kid Fishing and Destin Harvest! There will be awesome prizes and delicious food! Don't miss it.

Join us next Saturday for our 38th Annual Take a Kid Fishing Day Charity Auction!

Just a $20 donation gets you in the door to enjoy live music, fantastic food, and a bidder number to bid on hundreds of fantastic prizes including a week vacation in Montana, an overnight fishing trip, golf packages, fine wine and whiskey and so much more!

All proceeds benefit our 29th Take a Kid Fishing Day in November, we hope to see you there!

Wish we had good news on the status of our food-rescue trucks. After picking up the International from the dealership in Pensacola this morning, the truck fell back into "limp" mode once we arrived in Fort Walton. We had to bring it right back to Ward International after having already paid $2,863! The Freightliner M2 had the manifold gasket replaced two weeks ago (18 hour job), and in the process revealed the turbo and actuator are in real bad shape, which is luckily under warranty. However, we just received word the warranty will only cover $3,400 of the $7881 repair. Our program is still in serious need of support right now to handle these unforeseen yet unavoidable costly repairs. We are extremely grateful for those of you who have already helped and ask that you continue to share our ongoing need with others. www.destinharvest.org/donate

July was our most productive month to date. Between daily deliveries to food programs and bi-weekly distributions, 316k lbs. of foods were distributed within Okaloosa and Walton County!! Below are some great shots of Monday's delivery route in Crestview, FL. Unfortunately, we are unable to complete our Crestview route today. Two of our biggest trucks continue to have mechanical problems and are back in the shop. We hope to be back online by mid next week. Please keep sharing our posts and need for support! www.destinharvest.org/donate

We're just getting started this morning! These pallets are stacked with meat, produce, and dry goods. This truck will make deliveries to programs in Fort Walton and Crestview. Our other driver is heading to Walton County with a similarly stacked truck!

The beautiful truck in the first picture is back on the road today! The repair set us back $2,450. Our other truck is still in Pensacola awaiting diagnosis. Destin Harvest has already incurred over $10k in truck and refrigerator repairs since April. From our last post, DH has received 8 contributions totaling $1,750. This is a huge help and we are immensely grateful! Unfortunately, DH is still in need of serious community support to overcome these substantial expenses. Please consider making a contribution and sharing our call to action. www.destinharvest.org/donate

The pictures below are all shots of operation in July. Despite mechanical setbacks, DH had a tremendous month of food rescue and hunger relief!

Not a fun or exciting post. We currently have two trucks down and can really use some serious community support. This is our Freightliner. The manifold has a bad gasket. It causes exhaust to blow into the cab. This is an 18-hour repair to replace a cheap but essential part. We drove our other primary truck to the service center in Pensacola yesterday in "limp" mode. The engine computer is having issues communicating with the transmission computer. We just had all three refrigerators on our trucks serviced.We're currently connecting over 150k pounds of food a month at no charge to 39 local nonprofits. If you are in a position to make a donation, we could really use the help. At the very least, please share our post! 🙏 www.destinharvest.org/donate

The food distribution at the fairgrounds was a tremendous success! Over 500 cars were served a variety of meats, dry goods, potatoes, watermelon, strawberries, yogurt, eggs, bakery items, and more. Feeding the Gulf Coast delivered nearly 30k pounds of food to DH for this event! A huge thank you to them, Northwest Florida Fairgrounds, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Beulah First Baptist Church, and many others for volunteering and making this possible!

Free food give-away at the Fairgrounds Saturday | WMBB FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — More than 25,000 pounds of food will be given away for free on Saturday, July 27. Destin Harvest is hosting a giveaway at the Northwest Florida Fairgrounds in…

S4P Synergy will be hosting their monthly U.S.D.A. food distribution tomorrow (Sat) morning from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. The location is 24 Bass Avenue SW, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549. No identification required, first come, first serve basis. Their food pantry is also open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1 pm - 4 pm (excluding third week of month).

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Don't miss out on the food distribution at Caring & Sharing of South Walton tomorrow!

In partnership with Feeding the Gulf Coast we are receiving a large delivery of food to share with our community! ♥️

Produce, kid friendly items, meat, and other miscellaneous food items will be available on a first come first serve basis.
The supplies are available to anyone who needs them - our team will only be collecting the name and address of food recipients. This does not count towards C&S Clients twice a month pick up.

June was our heaviest month of the year. DH moved over 230k pounds of free food in Okaloosa and Walton County! Here are some pictures of our daily pickups and deliveries from last month.

25,900 lbs. of foods were handed out to 400 cars in Crestview this past Saturday! This was one of the biggest turnouts we've experienced since Covid. Huge shout out to Feeding the Gulf CoastThe Property Group 850 Hope City Community Church City of Crestview and many others for coming together to make this happen!

Check out our latest blog post covering Okaloosa and Walton county-wide food give-aways that took place in May and June! New pictures from the event this past Saturday at Freeport Commons (photo cred Micki Glenn).
https://destinharvest.org/2024/06/21/food-give-away-recap-for-may-and-june/

New Life SDA Food Distribution Feeding the Gulf Coast

Food donations are keeping steady after memorial day weekend! Local food programs are receiving a nice variety of meats, produce, dry goods, and bakery items daily. With school out, the need increases substantially.

We had an outstanding turnout today! Over 34k pounds of eggs, milk, frozen chicken tenders, cucumbers, watermelon, squash, bakery, dry goods, and more delivered to us by Feeding the Gulf Coast . The rain was unforgiving. We made a plan early in the morning to pull all the food through the back of Northwest Florida Fairgrounds. 20 incredible volunteers helped us organize the food inside the building, and then we pulled it all out front under the awning of the main entrance. We served roughly 300 cars this morning! We are so grateful for all the help we received today and that people showed up. Big thank you to Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for not only controlling the flow of cars, but also stepping in to help us get the food out to the cars! This was a tremendous collaboration and benefit to food security within Okaloosa communities.

UPDATE - food giveaway is over. All food went out by 11:30 a.m. Northwest Florida Fairgrounds Feeding the Gulf Coast

We are still interviewing and looking for the right fit for our operation. If you know somebody who would make an awesome addition to our team, please send them our way!

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