{"id":406981,"date":"2026-09-22T08:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406981\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:08:20","slug":"hunger-never-sleeps-event-packs-111137-meals-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406981\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Never Sleeps event packs 111,137 meals for families"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Hundreds of volunteers helped pack enough food to provide more than 111,000 meals during a 24-hour event benefiting Central Florida families, according to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.<\/p>\n

Second Harvest said its second annual Hunger Never Sleeps event ran from the morning of Sept. 18 through Sept. 19 as part of Hunger Action Month.<\/p>\n

The food bank said volunteers, community leaders and corporate groups sorted and packed enough food to provide 111,137 meals.<\/p>\n

According to Second Harvest, the meals will be distributed through its community partners across Orange, Osceola, Brevard, Volusia, Seminole, Lake and Marion counties.<\/p>\n

Second Harvest said it distributes enough food to provide about 300,000 meals each day across Central Florida.<\/p>\n

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