{"id":59248,"date":"2025-11-24T20:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59248\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:39:12","slug":"u-s-sugar-serves-up-holiday-helpings-ahead-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59248\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sugar serves up holiday helpings ahead of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Sugar<\/a> is keeping up with its annual holiday food drive<\/a> across the Glades and surrounding areas, delivering thousands of meals to families, first responders and public servants ahead of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s effort included 5,000 turkeys, hundreds of bags of sugar and more than 100 crates of sweet corn for giveaways in Palm Beach, Hendry and Glades counties. Employees helped lead the distribution, which reached churches, seniors, health centers, schools, first responders and charitable groups over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur employees work hard every day to produce food for millions of Americans, and during the holidays, we cherish the opportunity to contribute directly to those living in our local communities,\u201d said Brannan Thomas, U.S. Sugar\u2019s Community Relations Director. \u201cThis year, we are proud to provide turkeys, bags of sugar and fresh vegetables to thousands in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s holiday operation is a staple in the Glades, where nonprofit and law enforcement partners say the support makes a meaningful difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Glades communities are blessed to have such generous support from community partners like U.S. Sugar, especially during the holiday season,\u201d said Rick Seymour, Chair of the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Foundation<\/a>. \u201cWe appreciate U.S. Sugar\u2019s support in our efforts to provide local families with meals this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Hendry County, more than 2,000 turkeys went to U.S. Sugar employees and nearby residents through Saint Margaret\u2019s Catholic Church, the Harlem Senior Center, Florida Community Health Center, the Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office and local schools.<\/p>\n

In Palm Beach County, more than 300 turkeys were provided to public servants and residents in South Bay, Belle Glade and Pahokee, along with crates of sweet corn that were featured at a Palm Beach County Farm City luncheon. The company also partnered with the Sheriff\u2019s Foundation to support the purchase of 2,000 more turkeys for Glades residents.<\/p>\n

In Glades County, nearly 300 turkeys were distributed to law enforcement, public employees and residents of Moore Haven.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to call these communities home and provide food during the holiday season,\u201d Thomas added. \u201cSharing food with our neighbors is one of the many ways we show our gratitude for the people who make our region such a special place to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Sugar is keeping up with its annual holiday food drive across the Glades and surrounding areas, delivering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36067,28,30,29,25234,36068,1189,36069],"class_list":["post-59248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-brannan-thomas","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-food-drive","tag-rick-seymour","tag-thanksgiving","tag-u-s-sugar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59248","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=59248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}