WESTON \u2014 Cleveland Clinic Florida is announcing targeted 2026 community investments to support food security initiatives across Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties as part of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s broader five-year, $50 million enterprise commitment to reduce hunger and improve access to nutritious food in the communities it serves. These investments are part of Cleveland Clinic Florida\u2019s community health efforts, which also include approximately $750,000 in community benefit provided annually across Florida.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Florida investments will support trusted community-based organizations that are expanding access to nutritious food for seniors, families, children and individuals facing economic hardship through programs such as Meals on Wheels, school and community food pantries, mobile food distribution, fresh produce access and community gardens.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccess to nutritious food is foundational to good health,\u201d said Conor P. Delaney, MD, PhD, President of Cleveland Clinic Florida Market. \u201cThese investments reflect our commitment to improving the health of our communities by supporting organizations that are addressing food insecurity with compassion, innovation and measurable impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
Treasure Coast 2026 Florida food security funding recipients are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Martin County: House of Hope and Council on Aging of Martin County<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Lucie County: Mustard Seed Ministries, Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County, Council on Aging of St. Lucie and Seeding Solutions & Harvesting Hope Community Garden<\/p>\n
\u2022 Indian River County: United Against Poverty Indian River, Senior Resource Association and The Hope for Families Center<\/p>\n
These investments are designed to respond to local community needs while strengthening long-term, community-based solutions to food insecurity across the Florida market. Cleveland Clinic Florida\u2019s partners are helping expand food distribution capacity, improve access to healthy food in underserved areas, support homebound seniors, and invest in sustainable programs that advance community health and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESTON \u2014 Cleveland Clinic Florida is announcing targeted 2026 community investments to support food security initiatives across Broward,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[326,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-279870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-martin","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279870","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=279870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}