ORANGE PARK – The Rotary Club of Orange Park with its mission to provide service to others, delivered more than 700 pounds of food to the Food Pantry or Green Cove Springs.

In partnership with Orange Park Medical Center, the drive-through food drive collected food donations from Rotary Club members, Orange Park Medical employees, St Johns Country Day School Interact Club and from the community over the past several weeks, culminating with a drop off food drive on June 6 at the hospital.

With the current pandemic, the food pantries’ annual postal food drive – which is their biggest source of food supply for the year, has been cancelled. To help increase the food pantries’ supplies during this time of high need, the Rotary Club of Orange Park partnered with Orange Park Medical Center for a community food drive.

“The global effort against COVID-19 depends on actions taken in every country. As people of action, this is our time to connect with each other to offer immediate help to people in need,” said Mark Daniel Maloney, Rotary International president.

Rotary Club of Orange Park was established in Sept 19, 1969. The club’s biggest annual fundraiser – Gourmet Night – has been temporarily postponed but will resume planning based on current state and/or local stay-at-home or closure orders which are subject to change. For more information about the organization and their upcoming projects and events, please contact Gi Teevan at gi@theeventsprodigi.com or by calling (904) 322-0058.