08.11.2024, 20:15
Cdwx Authorities arrest final suspects in attack on Pasco County teen walking home from school
LAKELAND, Fla. 鈥?The spike in the cost of food is hitting communities facing food insecurity the hardest.Every week Bobbie Jo Joiner drives through the Blessings and Hope Food Pantry distribution line in Lakeland, where she receives groceries to feed her entire family. She said the soaring prices at the supermarket has made it hard to put food on t stanley water bottle he table. You cant leave out of the store with just a few items and its $50 already. That s hurtful right now, on everybody, said Joiner.The groceries Joiner receives will be used to prepare Thanksgiving dinner. Now I dont have to worry if were going to have something to eat on Thanksgiving, so this is amazing, Joiner said.Nearly 14% of Polk County residents experience food insecurity according to Feeding America. Polk County is the number two in the United States, cou stanley cup nty for food insecurity, said Rev. Allan Fretto, President of Blessings and Hope Food Pantry.Fretto saw the number of families served by Blessings and Hope Food Pantry climb from 500 families at the beginning of the pandemic, to now nearly 700 families. He said t stanley us heyve outgrown the building that stores the food and are now looking for help to build a warehouse. Im moving pallets and pallets. Tens of thousands of pounds of food every day to make room in here. If we have a construction firm out there that could help us with materials, he said.In the meantime, theyll continue to help those who dont know where their next meal will come from. Wcec Hurricane Ian: Information, emergency phone numbers and apps to bookmark
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla- 鈥?A Wesley Chapel woman hopes driving around town could be the key to finding her a kidney donor. Another woman ABC Action News highlighted back in 2020 made her a car decal that helped her own husband find a donor. I know what it s like being on the other side of this, Brittany Hutchinson said.Kidney disease is not a new journey for Hutchinson. When she was 8-years-old, doctors diagnosed her with high blood pressure and renal disease. Things took a turn for the worst a few years later, with her kidneys functioning at 11%. She received a kidney d stanley drink bottle onation for a deceased donor and doctors told her it would last at least nine years, but that wasn t the case. Back in October of 2018, I just started swelling up feeling very fatigued, Hutchinson said. I d go to work and I d look around my ankles and they re pu stanley termoska ffy. I started throwing up a lot, like every single day. And I knew there was something wrong. A doctor told her she had to get to a hospital immediately where she was told her body was rejecting that transplanted kidney.Now Hutchinson was back to square one, doing dialysis twice a day, wai stanley cup ting for another transplant along with more than 107,000 others, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. So she turned to social media. I shared it with the Wesley Chapel Facebook community page and people saw the need, Hutchinson said.In May, Patsy Nielsen saw her post. I commented on her status and I said, Hey, do you have a decal, Nielsen
LAKELAND, Fla. 鈥?The spike in the cost of food is hitting communities facing food insecurity the hardest.Every week Bobbie Jo Joiner drives through the Blessings and Hope Food Pantry distribution line in Lakeland, where she receives groceries to feed her entire family. She said the soaring prices at the supermarket has made it hard to put food on t stanley water bottle he table. You cant leave out of the store with just a few items and its $50 already. That s hurtful right now, on everybody, said Joiner.The groceries Joiner receives will be used to prepare Thanksgiving dinner. Now I dont have to worry if were going to have something to eat on Thanksgiving, so this is amazing, Joiner said.Nearly 14% of Polk County residents experience food insecurity according to Feeding America. Polk County is the number two in the United States, cou stanley cup nty for food insecurity, said Rev. Allan Fretto, President of Blessings and Hope Food Pantry.Fretto saw the number of families served by Blessings and Hope Food Pantry climb from 500 families at the beginning of the pandemic, to now nearly 700 families. He said t stanley us heyve outgrown the building that stores the food and are now looking for help to build a warehouse. Im moving pallets and pallets. Tens of thousands of pounds of food every day to make room in here. If we have a construction firm out there that could help us with materials, he said.In the meantime, theyll continue to help those who dont know where their next meal will come from. Wcec Hurricane Ian: Information, emergency phone numbers and apps to bookmark
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla- 鈥?A Wesley Chapel woman hopes driving around town could be the key to finding her a kidney donor. Another woman ABC Action News highlighted back in 2020 made her a car decal that helped her own husband find a donor. I know what it s like being on the other side of this, Brittany Hutchinson said.Kidney disease is not a new journey for Hutchinson. When she was 8-years-old, doctors diagnosed her with high blood pressure and renal disease. Things took a turn for the worst a few years later, with her kidneys functioning at 11%. She received a kidney d stanley drink bottle onation for a deceased donor and doctors told her it would last at least nine years, but that wasn t the case. Back in October of 2018, I just started swelling up feeling very fatigued, Hutchinson said. I d go to work and I d look around my ankles and they re pu stanley termoska ffy. I started throwing up a lot, like every single day. And I knew there was something wrong. A doctor told her she had to get to a hospital immediately where she was told her body was rejecting that transplanted kidney.Now Hutchinson was back to square one, doing dialysis twice a day, wai stanley cup ting for another transplant along with more than 107,000 others, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. So she turned to social media. I shared it with the Wesley Chapel Facebook community page and people saw the need, Hutchinson said.In May, Patsy Nielsen saw her post. I commented on her status and I said, Hey, do you have a decal, Nielsen