Yes. While our drive-thru distribution model is preferred, walk-ups are welcome.

If there isn’t an easily accessible pantry near you, many of our food pantry partners may still be able to assist. If you reach out to us, we may be able to connect you with agencies in your area who can arrange for home delivery in extenuating circumstances or who may offer SNAP applications. Applying for SNAP may expand your grocery budget and help you access food benefits in your area.

Our distributions will take place rain or shine, as long as it is safe for our staff, volunteers and guests. Any cancellations, delays or closures due to weather will be noted on our website or through social media.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our distribution schedule can sometimes change last minute. Check the schedule daily to ensure operations are running as planned, or sign up for our texting service to be the first to know about these changes. Text FTBFYI to 833-530-3663.

Feeding Tampa Bay trucks are not present at all distributions. If you are unable to locate the distribution, please call our offices at 813-254-1190 and we will be happy to help.

Yes. Though some of our donated items are pre-packed, most of our distributions have additional stand-alone items that you can forego if they do not meet your dietary restrictions. Feeding Tampa Bay staff, volunteers, and partners will do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions whenever possible.

We understand sometimes boxes contain more food than you can get through in a week. Please feel free to share with neighbors or family, or bring it to your local food pantry.

As food donations continue to fluctuate, please know that different items will be available at different times. Unfortunately, during this time we cannot guarantee specific food items, quantities, or categories. Our team continues to source whatever food we can and we are doing our best to provide a well-rounded box/bag of food for you and your family.

Our School Pantries can be found here. Please note, many school pantries only serve the families of students enrolled.

To help us learn more about your school, please fill out our Programs Partnership Interest Form found here. We look at a couple of different things when making the decision to onboard a new school partner, including taking into account our agency network, meals gaps, funding, and school’s willingness to partner, as well as priorities for the school district.   It’s always a big help to have this information for when opportunities present themselves to launch a new pantry partner!

No, you can collect non-perishable food items in any boxes or bags, however, using Feeding Tampa Bay branded collection boxes raises the visibility of your drive and can contribute to a more successful result.

Collection boxes can be picked up Monday through Friday between 8:30AM and 3:30PM at our facility at 3624 Causeway Blvd. in Tampa. Enter through the main entrance and our receptionist can assist.

We will only send a truck to pick up the collected items when the weight of the collection is 1,000 lbs. or more, approximately 25 collection boxes. For lesser amounts, collected items should be brought to our facility. If you are unable to bring the items to our facility we can arrange for one of our 400 agency partners in the Tampa Bay region to pick up the items.

A virtual food drive collects monetary donations when physically collecting food is not practical. For example, a local organization holding a physical food drive in the Tampa Bay area may have members that live outside of the area who would still like to donate to the drive. They donate monetarily via a virtual food drive. You can register your virtual food drive here Virtual Food Drive Registration.

Our food drive flyer Food Drive Flyer lists the items we can and cannot accept. For any other items please contact us to see if we will accept the item.