“It is my passion that no child should go to bed hungry in this country, and this has expanded to families, seniors and more,” said St. Matthias, Clermont, parishioner Keith Whitacre. That passion led him to found Food Providers of South Lake in 2019.
Food Providers of South Lake is a group of 40 people from churches, food pantries and businesses as well as individual volunteers, all working together to share, collaborate, communicate and organize activities and actions to reduce food insecurity in their community. About 3.3 million residents in Florida are food insecure, according to a study by Feeding Florida. Florida is ranked 10th in food insecurity and 8th in child food insecurity.