Deliver The Difference Inc

Programs: Donations of goods provided for this group of programs were 726,318. In 2014 we averaged over 60,000lbs of food coming in and going out each month and over 10,000 individuals received food during an average month in the central florida area. Local programs: kidspack program: partner with lake county fl schools to provide and distr. Meals to the children in need the 185 days per year they are not in school. This program is currently in 18 schools and provides over 600 children with meals. Seniorpack program: each month we provide over 100 bags of food to low income seniors that have been having to decide between getting their prescriptions filled or buying groceries. Pantry provisions: this program provides 31 local food pantries with the food they need to distribute to the community. Mobile food pantry: we partner with local organizations to provide a food pantry in areas that are not served by a fixed food pantry. We take the food and provide the knowledge and the local organ. Provides the volunteers. We have 6 of these each month serving both the community and low income senior housing. Holiday meals: during the holidays, many find themselves without food for a holiday meal. Between thanksgiving and christmas over 20,000 meals were given out to families and individuals in the area. Hundreds of families got a frozen turkey and all the trimmings. Families living in motels got a complete turkey or ham dinner with all the fixins just needing to be warmed in a microwave and hundreds of individuals were served hot meals at two different locations in lake county florida. Urgent needs: this program uses social media to meet the needs of those that find themselves in need but not having the resources to meet the need.

international program: haiti: in haiti we have taken a new approach to feeding people from just giving a hand out to giving a hand up. Instead of packing meals in america and shipping them to haiti, we began packaging meals in haiti. We are using ingredients we can purchase such as rice from local farmers and using volunteers from the local church to package the meals and distribute them to the local schools and orphanages. In 2014 over 150,000 meals were distributed to schools and orphanages th