{"id":254079,"date":"2026-05-01T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254079\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:26:08","slug":"cereal-for-summer-2026-where-to-donate-cereal-boxes-to-feed-hungry-kids-across-tampa-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254079\/","title":{"rendered":"Cereal for Summer 2026: Where to donate cereal boxes to feed hungry kids across Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re collecting cereal, oatmeal, granola and protein bars for Tampa Bay-area kids to eat this summer \u2014 when daily school meals stop, and hunger needs increase.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 10 Tampa Bay News is once again teaming up with Feeding Tampa Bay to collect one of the most requested food items among hungry kids: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftb.org\/food-fund-drives\/cereal-for-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">cereal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our 2026 Cereal for Summer drive kicked off on Friday, May 1, and runs through Friday, June 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re collecting boxes of cereal, oatmeal, granola, protein bars and breakfast bars for Tampa Bay-area kids to eat this summer \u2014 when daily school meals stop, and hunger needs increase.<\/p>\n<p>Those who would like to donate can drop off items at:<\/p>\n<p>10 Tampa Bay News Studio<br \/>11450 Gandy Boulevard N<br \/>St. Petersburg, FL 33702<br \/>Phone: 727-577-1010<\/p>\n<p>Feeding Tampa Bay<br \/>3624 Causeway Boulevard<br \/>Tampa, FL 33619<br \/>Phone: 813-254-1190<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll also be hosting a collection day on June 5 at two Publix locations: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Publix+Super+Market+at+Britton+Plaza\/@27.9071289,-82.502558,16z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c2dcccc5d75cd3:0x1dd0f3f56316d95f!8m2!3d27.9071289!4d-82.502558!16s%252Fg%252F1tgzc3sy?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%253D%253D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Publix at Britton Plaza in Tampa<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Publix+Super+Market+at+4th+Street+Station\/@27.8058723,-82.6426054,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c2e15b79d981cd:0xb82d66d1f73535f9!8m2!3d27.8058723!4d-82.6400305!16s%252Fg%252F1tdvfc4k?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%253D%253D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Publix on 4th Street N in St. Pete<\/a>. Come meet your favorite 10 Tampa Bay News anchors and reporters as you donate cereal to help families in need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can also make monetary donations at <a href=\"https:\/\/ftb.org\/food-fund-drives\/cereal-for-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CerealForSummer.org.<\/a> Florida Dairy Farmers will match every dollar donated up to $10,000. They&#8217;ll also be providing milk to pair with the cereal for a balanced, nutritious breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re collecting cereal, oatmeal, granola and protein bars for Tampa Bay-area kids to eat this summer \u2014 when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-254079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}