{"id":81130,"date":"2025-12-12T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81130\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:19:08","slug":"central-florida-community-steps-up-for-40th-annual-share-your-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/81130\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida community steps up for 40th annual Share Your Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Central Florida community steps up for 40th annual Share Your Christmas<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAND IT IS. SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS HERE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND WHAT A DAY IT IS HERE AT THE WESH TWO STUDIOS. SO MANY FOLKS HAVE BEEN COMING HERE BRINGING THEIR CANNED GOODS, THEIR NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, AND DONATING TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. IT\u2019S OUR 40TH YEAR. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? OKAY, AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE SPOKE TO SOME REPRESENTATIVES AT DISNEY AND THEY HAD GIVEN $120,000 DONATION. WELL GUESS WHAT? THEY UPPED IT TO $150,000 DONATION TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, WHO THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT DISNEY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THAT\u2019S GOING TO BE SO MANY MEALS TO FEED THOSE IN NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SO THANK YOU GUYS. WAY TO GO. GOTTA LOVE THAT $150,000 DONATION. ALSO, HDR CONSTRUCTION. BIG DONATION HERE TODAY. AND YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THREE TEAMS COMPETING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WHO CAN BRING IN THE MOST. OKAY, WHAT\u2019S THE NUMBER HERE CARSON. SO IT\u2019S INTERESTING, LAST YEAR WE PULLED IN ABOUT 8,300 POUNDS. WE TRIED TO GET TO 10,000 POUNDS TODAY. WE DID NOT GET TO THAT NUMBER. WE GOT TO 35,000 POUNDS. SO WAY TO GO, GUYS. YOU MUST BE SO PROUD OF YOUR TEAM, I REALLY AM. I MEAN, ALL THREE TEAMS REALLY WORKED THEIR &#8212; OFF AND THEY\u2019RE ALL REALLY WINNERS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT THERE\u2019S REALLY ONLY ONE WINNER THAT GETS THE TROPHY, AND THAT\u2019S A WANDS TEAM. COME ON UP. ONE. ONE IS THE WINNER OKAY. AND BY WHAT ABOUT THE MORE THAN 3,000 POUNDS OKAY. OH, BOY. MUCH MORE THAN THAT. YEAH. OKAY. JUAN. CONGRATULATIONS, MAN. OH THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT WAS A IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT, BUT REALLY I GOT THANKS TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY. THERE\u2019S NOTHING FOR THIS. THAT WAS GREAT. BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN KNOWING THAT YOU\u2019RE JUST GOING TO BE HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND FEED THOSE THAT REALLY NEED IT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON? I MEAN, IT\u2019S GREAT. I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY REALLY, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, MANY NEED IT. AND I MEAN, JUST KNOWING THAT PUT ON A SMILE ON THEIR FACE, GIVING THEM FOOD THEY NEED IS JUST GREAT. IT\u2019S FULFILLING. AWESOME. WELL, ENJOY YOUR TROPHY, MAN. AND I HAVE A FEELING, CARSON, I\u2019M SURE WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE SEEING YOU GUYS HERE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. 1,000,000% BIGGER NUMBERS. IT JUST IT\u2019S SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IT JUST GOES BEYOND EVEN THE HOLIDAYS 100%. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT\u2019S A FOOD INSECURITY IS A YEAR LONG THING, PARTICULARLY THIS PART OF YEAR. IT\u2019S JUST NICE TO HAVE SOME POSITIVITY. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS PLACE. I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. CARSON. JUAN, CONGRATULATIONS. WAY TO GO TO EVERYONE. GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AT HDR CONSTRUCTION. IT IS A SPECIAL DAY HERE AT SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS. THE VOLUNTEERS ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DONATIONS. COME AND MEET ME HERE AT THE WESH 2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Central Florida community steps up for 40th annual Share Your Christmas<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765559948_925_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 12:11 PM EST Dec 12, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople, organizations and businesses showed up for their community on Friday for WESH 2&#8217;s 40th annual Share Your Christmas food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Chip and Dale from Disney stopped by to help collect, and Santa made an appearance in Osceola County. 35,000 pound-donationHGR Construction was able to donate 35,000 pounds of food after a team competition for Share Your Christmas.Santa Claus in Osceola CountyWESH 2&#8217;s Nancy Alvarez gets a little salsa in Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s Office brings MRAP vehicle to Share Your ChristmasBrevard County Supervisor of Elections Office presents resolution for WESH 2&#8217;s 40 years of Share Your ChristmasCarolers join WESH 2&#8217;s Share Your Christmas\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>People, organizations and businesses showed up for their community on Friday for WESH 2&#8217;s 40th annual Share Your Christmas food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. <\/p>\n<p>Chip and Dale from Disney stopped by to help collect, and Santa made an appearance in Osceola County. <\/p>\n<p>35,000 pound-donation<\/p>\n<p>HGR Construction was able to donate 35,000 pounds of food after a team competition for Share Your Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Santa Claus in Osceola County<\/p>\n<p>WESH 2&#8217;s Nancy Alvarez gets a little salsa in <\/p>\n<p>Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s Office brings MRAP vehicle to Share Your Christmas<\/p>\n<p>Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Office presents resolution for WESH 2&#8217;s 40 years of Share Your Christmas<br \/>\nCarolers join WESH 2&#8217;s Share Your Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida community steps up for 40th annual Share Your Christmas AND IT IS. 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