CLOSING TIME CITY LEADERS SAY
IS PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW THE
RULES. THE CITY MAY HAVE TO
SHUT DOWN CERTAIN AREAS AGAIN.
WELL AS WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING THIS PANDEMIC HAS
PUT MANY PEOPLE OUT OF WORK
FOR SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THEIR LIVES. AND IT IS
CREATING A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
FOR FOLKS WHO'VE NEVER
EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS
TO HAPPEN. SO TRUE TONIGHT 8
ON YOUR SIDE IS TRYING TO HELP
WE'VE SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL TO
RAISE $100,000 FOR FEEDING
AMERICA, TAMPA BAY TO HELP PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE.
FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED
IT RIGHT NOW 8 ON YOUR SIDE'S
JEFF PATTERSON JOINS US NOW
LIVE AT FEEDING AMERICA, TAMPA
BAY'S WAREHOUSE HEY JEFF.
JENNEKE YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN
HERE GEN KEITH YOU'VE BEEN
HERE STANDING NEXT TO ME
SWEATING AS WE'VE DONATED TIME
WITH OUR 8 ON YOUR SIDE TEAM
OUR CO-WORKERS HELPING OUT
HERE AT THE WAREHOUSE, BUT I
HAVE TO TELL YOU I'VE NEVER
SEEN IT AS BUSY AS IT WAS
TODAY BECAUSE HERE AT FEEDING
TAMPA BAY. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
HAVING AN UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND
FOR FOOD. GOOD TO GO.
OFF OF PALM RIVER ROAD THIS
MORNING 8 ON YOUR SIDE WAS
THERE AS A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
SET UP TO HELP THE FEEDING
TAMPA BAY USED TO SET UP TO 40
MOBILE PANTRIES LIKE THIS ONE
EVERY MONTH. THEN THE PANDEMIC
AT THEY'RE NOW DOING 40 A WEEK
EACH MOBILE FOOD PANTRY CAN
SERVE UP TO 350 FAMILIES BUT
IT'S NOT CHEAP THE COST $3,000
TO HAND OUT THIS NUTRITIOUS
FOOD, IT'S HELPING PEOPLE LIKE
DARRYL ROMNEY AND HIS WIFE I'M
USED TO WORK AND MY WIFE AND
I.
OH THIS IS JUST PUT US IN
THAT PREDICAMENT, YOU KNOW
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE
FUTURE'S GOING TO BRING BUT
YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING WHATEVER
WE HAVE TO DO TO SURVIVE, IT'S
ALSO HELPING PEOPLE LIKE AND
SON MITCHELL HE'S HAVING TO
ASK FOR HELP FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN HIS LIFE.
I MEAN WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO
THEM WE VOLUNTEERED IN THE
COMMUNITY WOULD NEVER BUT WE
BOTH BEEN OUT OF WORK, NO
INCOME FOR OAKS ALMOST 6 WEEKS
NOW SO. I SAID WELL LET'S GO
GET SOME HOPE IT'S AN EFFORT
SUPPORTED BY MANY.
AT THE FEEDING AMERICA,
TAMPA BAY WAREHOUSE WE FOUND A
UNIT FROM THE ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD VOLUNTEERING TO ASSEMBLE
FOOD PACKAGES FOR DISTRIBUTION
WE ALL VOLUNTEER.
SO WE LOVE HELPING THE
COMMUNITY OUT MAKE SURE
EVERYONE'S SAFE SOUND AND FIT.
YOU KNOW THE NEED IS GREAT
RIGHT NOW, BUT EVERY DOLLAR
THAT YOU DONATE CAN TRULY HELP
BRING TO A NEEDY FAMILY
SOMEBODY WHO'S LOST THEIR JOB
PERHAPS OF THE FIRST TIME AND
SINCE EVERY DOLLAR CAN HELP IN
THAT REGARD. I'VE ASKED MY
FRIENDS FROM THE ROUGH RIDERS,
MY CLUB TO COME HERE, JOINING
NEWS. THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENT
TARA MACLAY JOHN HOW NEXT
YEAR'S PRESIDENT THERE AND YOU
HAVE A PRESENTATION, YEAH,
IT'S A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW
PEOPLE ARE OF A FIGHTING THIS
VIRUS BY STAYING AT HOME BUT
STAYING AT HOME CREATES AN
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. ONE THING
PEOPLE HAVE TO DO EVERY DAY IS
EAT.
SO WHERE IS THAT MONEY
GOING TO COME FROM TO PAY FOR
THE FOOD SO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
FEEDING TAMPA BAY HAVE STEPPED
UP AND FILLED THAT VOID. SAYS
ROUGHRIDERS WANT TO DO OUR
LITTLE PART IN PRESENT THEM
WITH SOME FUNDS TO HELP THEM
OUT AND I HOPE OTHER CREWS.
OTHER GASPARILLA KREWES DO THE
SAME THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
SO THERE YOU GO DARE MCCLAIN
PRESIDENT FROM THE ROUGH
RIDERS HAS THROWN DOWN THE
GAUNTLET. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
ALL OF OUR GASPARILLA FRIENDS
IF YOU HAVE A CREW AND I KNOW
IT'S TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO CANCEL
FUNDRAISERS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU
DONATE A LITTLE BIT AND
ANYBODY CAN DONATE TO WFLA DOT
COM GOING TO LINK THERE ARE
GOALS A $100,000 I'VE JUST
BEEN TOLD IN MY EAR WE HAVE
NOW EXCEEDED THAT GOAL, BUT WE
STILL NEED YOUR HELP WE WANT
YOU TO GO ON TO WFLA DOT COM.
HELP US GET ABOVE A $100,000
SO THAT KELLY SENSE HERE BUT
BEING TAMPA BAY AND THE
FAMILIES IN THIS AREA. THANKS.
WOW INCREDIBLE ARE OUR
COMMUNITY IS SO GENEROUS A
NICE TURN DOWN THE GASPARILLA
GAUNTLET. WOW HAHA.
VERY IMPRESSIVE, THANK
THEM. JEFF OF THE ROUGH RIDERS
YOU IN THE ROUGH RIDERS THAT
DO SUCH A TERRIFIC JOB OF
FEEDING TAMPA BAY. COULD
CERTAINLY USE THE HELP AND YOU
CAN MAKE A DONATION RIGHT NOW
BY LOGGING ON TO WFLA DOT COM
SLASH FEED THE MONEY HERE
RAISE GOES DIRECTLY TO FOOD
DISTRIBUTION EVENTS ACROSS THE
TAMPA BAY AREA THE FEEDING
TAMPA BAY AS PART OF FEEDING
AMERICA, BUT THIS IS FEEDING