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EDUCATE | AFFIRM | INSPIRE 135Bridging the Gap Food DistributionsThe District expanded food security initiatives in FY26 to ensure access to nutritious meals during school breaks.%u2022 Boca Helping Hands distributed 1,257 food boxes before Thanksgiving and 385 before winter break.%u2022 First United Methodist Church, Jupiter-Tequesta, and Jonathan%u2019s Landing Cares delivered meals to 182 students at three elementary schools and provided food baskets and gift cards to families at Jerry Thomas ES.%u2022 Palm Beach County Food Bank provided 2,214 food bags to 19 schools before Thanksgiving, along with 4,164 weekly bags and 1,680 meal boxes, totaling 18,732 pounds of food.%u2022 Feeding South Florida held eight school-based food distributions, providing 43,821 pounds of groceries to 961 households.%u2022 Feeding Dreams supplied food bags to 1,388 students prior to Thanksgiving break (P-TB) and prior to winter break (P-WB) through the Family Weekend Backpack Program.Agency Name Number of Schools Offering Backpacks (Weekend Meals)Number of Schools with Food PantriesNumber of Schools/Departments with Weekly Food DistributionsBlessings in a Backpack 1 NA NABoca Helping Hands 15 NA NAFeeding Dreams 10 NA NAFeeding South Florida NA 5 1First United Methodist Church Jupiter-Tequesta 4 NA NAPalm Beach County Food Bank 36 4 NAPalm Beach Harvest NA NA 1Total Programs 66 9 2Table 3Partnerships with Local Hunger Relief OrganizationsSchool Name Individuals Benefited Pounds of FoodRoosevelt Community MS (P-TB) 483 4,283Royal Palm Beach Community HS (P-TB) 528 4,435Pahokee Middle-Senior HS (P-TB) 393 4,038Lantana Community MS (P-TB) 560 4,620Seminole Ridge Community HS (P-WB) 538 6,516Okeeheelee MS (P-WB) 655 8,473Lake Shore MS (P-WB) 559 5,676Woodlands MS (P-WB) 461 5,780Total 4,177 43,821Table 4Feeding South Florida Distributions