Spring Report for Tampa Gluten Free Food Pantry

Gluten Free Friends of Tampa wants to thank the Gluten Free for Life Expo Coordinators for letting us set up a table and several GF food collection bins at the GF Expo in St. Petersburg in March.  We also want to thank all of the people who donated GF non-perishable food during their trip to the Expo!  We also had generous donations from several of the GF food vendors who had leftover samples at the end of the Expo.  We were able to fill 4 big blue food barrels with gluten free food donations and more!  My husband's pickup truckbed and backseat were both filled to capacity with donations.  What a blessing!

These GF food donations from the GF for Life Expo were brought to the Tampa Gluten Free Food Pantry at Metropolitan Ministries and were able to feed many GF families in need here in our community this spring.

The Staff at Metropolitan Ministries have thanked me repeatedly for organizing GF food drives and bringing GF food to their emergency food pantry (known as the Metro Market).  They have a number of GF clients/families who previously were only able to take home a few cans of fruits and vegetables from their Metro Market.  Now they are able to bring home some "real food" to feed their families.  They are now able to go to the GF section of the Metro Market and pick out GF pasta, GF canned soup, GF rice, GF cereal, and other options thanks to the generosity of our local gluten free support groups.

Thank you for bringing smiles and hope to the GF families in need here in Tampa!