Volunteers Needed To Deliver Produce To 790 Home-Bound Resident

TAMPA, FL – More than 100 community volunteers, businesses and nonprofit groups will participate in Meals On Wheels of Tampa's Produce On Wheels program Saturday, June 16.

Volunteers, community businesses and community members will deliver produce bags to 790 recipients. The POW! Program is in partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay, Sanwa Farmers Market and Publix.

Produce will be delivered to MOWTampa’s homebound recipients all over the city. In addition to delivering a hot, healthy meal every day, MOWTampa delivers POW! once a month as another way to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Diets with higher fruit and vegetable intake have been found to reduce risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, lower risk of eye and digestive problems and reduce the risk of some types of cancer.

The produce bag this month will include an apple, banana, kiwi, cucumber, plum tomatoes, yellow squash and a green pepper. Volunteers at Feeding Tampa Bay will pack all of the bags. Publix has provided brown paper bags for the produce deliveries for all of 2018.

Future produce delivery dates are July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15 and Oct. 20.

MOWTampa is always looking to increase their volunteer base. If you, your organization or anyone you know is interested in volunteering, but may not have a lot of extra time, helping to deliver POW! is a great way to give back to the community. Volunteer drivers are also needed during the week to deliver hot meals at lunchtime.

Those interested in helping should click here or call (813) 238-8410.

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