Mayors Feed the Hungry Food Drive – In Memory of Nathan Benderson

Canned and boxed goods are the currency of this Thanksgiving campaign, which pairs the Mayors' Feed the Hungry Program with Nathan Benderson Park in memory of the developer whose name the park carries. The target, roughly 54 tons, is keyed to the birthday Benderson would have marked as the drive closes. Drop-off points are set up at four sites, among them the Palmetto Police Department and Bradenton Fire Station 1, and businesses and groups can request kits to run their own collections. Everything converges on the park for a final drive-through drop-off. There, volunteers sort donations for the program's 20 partner food agencies in Sarasota and Manatee counties, keeping food in the communities that gave it.