Hendry County
Hendry County Partner Agencies Catholic Charities of Hendry/Glades Clewiston Seventh-Day Adventist Church Compassion Avenue, Inc. Hendry/Glades Mental Health Clinic, Inc. Iglesia Bautista Nuevo Testamento Iglesia Vida Nueva.TV/New Life.TV Church Salvation Army Service Unit of Clewiston Salvation Army Service Unit of LaBelle
9,000,000 lbs.-
600,000 lbs.-
300,000 lbs.__
FY13-14 FY12-13 370,000 lbs. 345,000 lbs. FRESH PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION
FY13-14 FY12-13 834,000 lbs. 909,000 lbs. TOTAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Alida’s Story
“Sopita,” said 4-year-old Jorge in Spanish, plucking a can of soup from his mother’s shopping bag like a toy tucked in a Christmas stocking. Jorge came to the mobile pantry with his mom, Alida, and two sisters, Alejandra, 3, and Allison, 1. A single mother, Alida is her children’s sole lifeline. Wages from her job stocking shelves at a clothing store barely cover the rent and child care, she explained. She said that looking into an empty refrigerator, knowing that she couldn’t feed her children, was overwhelming.