County’s annual food-rescue campaign taking donations
Lee County Solid Waste’s seventh annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north.
Join Solid Waste, the Harry Chapin Food Bank, Waste Pro, Lee County Library System, Sanibel Public Library and Lee County Parks & Recreation to help route food that might otherwise end up in the waste stream to the county’s population of people in need. Drop off unopened canned and dry goods from March 18 through April 1 at libraries or county recreation centers. Additional collection containers are at the Six Mile Cypress Slough Interpretive Center and Solid Waste’s Topaz Court Facility.
The drop-off locations include:
RECREATION CENTERS
– Estero Recreation Center, at 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero
– North Fort Myers Recreation Center, at 2000 North Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers
– Veterans Park Recreation Center, at 55 Homestead Road S., Lehigh Acres
LIBRARY LOCATIONS
– Bonita Springs Public Library, at 10560 Reynolds St., Bonita Springs
– Cape Coral-Lee County Public Library, at 921 S.W. 39th Terrace, Cape Coral
– Captiva Memorial Library, at 11560 Chapin Lane, Captiva
– Dunbar-Jupiter Hammon Public Library, at 3095 Blount St., Fort Myers
– East County Regional Library, at 881 Gunnery Road, Lehigh Acres
– Fort Myers Regional Library, at 2450 First St., Fort Myers
– Johann Fust Community Library, at 1040 W. 10th St., Boca Grande
– Lakes Regional Library, at 15290 Bass Road, Fort Myers
– North Fort Myers Public Library, at 2001 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers
– Northwest Regional Library, at 519 N. Chiquita Blvd. N., Cape Coral
– Pine Island Public Library, at 10701 Russell Road, Bokeelia
– Riverdale Public Library, at 2421 Buckingham Road, Fort Myers
– Sanibel Public Library, at 770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel
– South County Regional Library, at 21100 Three Oaks Parkway, Estero
OTHERS
– Six Mile Cypress Slough Interpretive Center, at 7751 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers
– Topaz Court Solid Waste Annex, at 6441 Topaz Court, Fort Myers
Since the program’s inception, more than 31,100 pounds of food has been diverted from potential disposal and sent to Harry Chapin — enough food to provide over 25,900 meals to residents.