Walt Disney World Resort will be Donating Excess Food During Temporary Closure

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Walt Disney World Resort will be Donating Excess Food During Temporary Closure

Update: 5:45pm on Monday 3/16/20

Disney World has just dropped off its first shipment to the Second Harvest Food Bank!

Check out their post:


News from a few days ago

It was announced 2 days ago that Disney World will be closing on March 15th through the end of the month. Yesterday Disneyland shared with us their plan to donate their excess food to the Central Harvest Food Bank, it seems Walt Disney World will be following suit and doing the same to help those in need…

To help other Central Floridians in need during this time, Walt Disney World Resort will donate excess food inventory like fresh salads, greens and expertly cooked hot items to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, as part of the ongoing Disney Harvest program. Launched in 1991, Disney Harvest collects excess and unserved food from locations throughout Walt Disney World, delivering it to feeding programs across Central Florida.

What you might not know…the Disney Harvest Program at Walt Disney World Resort collects and distributes more than 823,000 pounds of prepared, unserved food annually and supports Second Harvest’s work serving more than 40 Orlando-area nonprofits.  In the last year alone, these donations provided one million meals to people in need.

“Second Harvest Food Bank is known for their vital work addressing critical food needs in Central Florida, and we know the important role we play in helping to bring meaningful solutions to our community in times of great need.” said Tajiana Ancora-Brown, Director of External Affairs at Walt Disney World Resort.

Walt Disney World Resort will be Donating Excess Food During Temporary Closure

Walt Disney World’s longstanding support of Second Harvest Food Bank also includes monetary contributions and ongoing Disney VoluntEARS efforts, where Cast Members donate their time to collect, sort and distribute food donations.  The organization is also the celebrated charity of the runDisney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend, held each November, donating and distributing extra food from post-race snack boxes to those in need.

 

Source Disney parks blog


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