November 2023 Harvest Drive was an Extraordinary Success! 

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” Lao Tzo

Kindness illuminated throughout our annual November Harvest Drive.  With the community coming together, November 2023 was the month of giving, receiving, and learning that it is ok to do both at various times in our lives.  Students of all ages came together to help their fellow students. With over 190 schools engaging in the collection process and 13 school sites managing the distribution, Harvest Drive’s Thanksgiving program was able to provide more than 2300 families with at least a week’s worth of groceries and fixings for their Thanksgiving meal.  Students worked closely with their peers, teachers, and community volunteers.  They actively learned why helping others matters and were empowered to make a difference in their community.

This school based program is truly grateful for the extensive community support supplementing all of the collections and hard work done by students.  Teachers, administrators, social workers, sponsors, community partners, local churches and police departments, private schools, and civic organizations all joined in the process.  Community commitment allowed us to collect, sort, bag, and distribute more than 13,000 bags of groceries to food insecure children and their families in Broward County this past Thanksgiving.

We often refer to the Harvest Drive as “Kindness Multiplied”.  Alone each one of us can share a little.  Together we can share and do so much more.  Our recipient families are grateful for the love and support that was shown to them as the numerous bags of nonperishable food were loaded into their cars.  Knowing that you are part of a caring community matters.

Thank you to all who participated in our November 2023 Harvest Drive.  Each food item, dollar, and hour of time donated contributed to the success of this project.  Your support means the world to the entire Harvest Drive team and all of our recipient families.

The Harvest Drive remains a grassroots organization committed to alleviating the devastating effects of hunger and making our community a kinder place to live.

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