Newsroom

Share:

Senior apartment complex opens food pantry in St. Pete’s historic Jordan Park

St. Petersburg leaders and around a dozen residents of the Legacy at Jordan Park apartments gathered Thursday to celebrate their newest amenity: a food pantry.

It is stocked by several community partners, including the St. Pete Free Clinic and the Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast. It will open to residents weekly, on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m.

 

Read more at WUSF

Related Articles

In 1970, the St. Pete Free Clinic (SPFC) was founded as a free medical clinic. Over the years, services expanded as SPFC developed additional initiatives to help families and individuals in need.
City officials have identified 17 priority areas that lack access to healthy food. Those neighborhoods, primarily in South St. Petersburg, have more convenience stores than all other food resources combined.
‘Tis the season! Eating, gifting and giving back – in whichever order you so choose.
Translate »