Day of Giving: Local 10, Publix team up to help those in need

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The Local 10 Day of Giving is celebrating 11 years of collecting non-perishable foods for our local hunger relief organizations.

Since 2014, we have distributed upwards of 110,000 pounds of food and benefitted seven nonprofits in the tri-county area.

ā€œWe are so blessed because we live in South Florida,ā€ said Louise Gigliotti, lead volunteer at Manna-Share-A-Meal. ā€œYou never let us down.ā€

This yearā€™s Day of Giving will take place on Friday, Nov. 8. A team of Local 10 anchors and reporters will be greeting viewers at select Publix stores in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. We will begin the day bright and early at 6 a.m. and go all the way to sundown filing live news reports and accepting donations of non-perishable foods.

ā€œWe want these families and their children to have a happy holiday, and weā€™re making that happen with your help with Local 10 and Publix,ā€ said Renee Herman, Founder & Executive Director of Harvest Drive.

In 2024, the Local 10 Day of Giving benefitting organizations are: Curleyā€™s House, Harvest Drive, Joshuaā€™s Heart, Make-A-Wish Veterans, Manna-Share-A Meal, Star-of-the-Sea Foundation and The Caring Place. The nonprofits will have volunteers at each Publix store and will receive your donations directly.

You can also choose to give online. We have established the Local 10 Fund with The Miami Foundation for you to give securely and conveniently by clicking here.

Just indicate ā€œDay of Givingā€ in the form and 100 percent of the amount donated will go toward the nonprofits.

ā€œThis is going to help so many programs throughout Miami-Dade County as well as individuals, families, kids and everybody else that are in need,ā€ said Lavern Spicer, Founder and Executive Director of Curleyā€™s House.

Following is the participating Publix stores:

Miami-Dade

Kendall (Store 658)

9105 South Dadeland Blvd.

Miami, FL 33156

(305) 670-8929

Miami Shores (Store 794) 9050 Biscayne Blvd Miami Shores, FL 33138

(305) 751-4075

Broward

Fort Lauderdale (Store 70)

3400 North Federal Highway

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

(954) 564-9612

Hollywood (Store 1454)

1700 Sheridan Street

Hollywood, FL 33020

(954) 927-5680

Pembroke Pines - Paraiso Parc (Store 1068) 15729 Pines Blvd Pembroke Pines, FL 33027

(954) 431-2261

Monroe

Key Largo (Store 1813)

101499 Overseas Hwy Key Largo, FL, 33037-4553

(305) 434-9446


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Mayte Padron Cordones is an Emmy-award winning journalist and the director of WPLG's Community Relations Department, overseeing the station's outreach initiatives to benefit and strengthen the South Florida community.

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