Bread of the Mighty Food Bank CEO Marcia Conwell Named President of Florida Association of Food Banks

Press Release • updated: Nov 9, 2015
Marcia Conwell began her career with Bread of the Mighty Food Bank in 2003 as a warehouse volunteer and worked her way up to President and CEO. Over the course of the past 11 years she has built the food bank to be the leading hunger relief organization in North Central Florida.

Gainesville,FL, August 6, 2015 (Newswire.com) - For over 12 years Marcia Conwell has been active in several hunger relief charities such as Fire of God Ministries and the Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry.  Now she is taking on a new challenge.

The Florida Association of Food Banks is a proud Partner State Association of the Feeding America network and works to fight hunger in Florida. Distributing nearly 200 million pounds annually, The Florida Association of Food Banks is committed to providing sufficient and nourishing food for low-income families and vulnerable populations across the 67 county service area. Along with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity, the Florida Association of Food Banks supports its member food banks by: securing food and funds for the food banks; building partnerships that benefit the network and provide support for food bank programs; supporting programs that help improve food security among Florida households and communities; raising awareness about the problem of hunger; and advocating on behalf of food insecure Floridians. In turn, the food banks distribute food to community-based hunger-relief agencies throughout Florida and help support programs such as food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, senior centers, and mobile programs that directly serve people in need.

Helping people in need is my life, and making people aware of the extent is my mission", states Ms. Conwell. "Taking on the role of President of the Florida Association of Food Banks seems the natural progression to achieve that mission."

Rosemarie Curcio, Director of Communications

Bread of the Mighty Food Bank is a private, non-profit organization and partner distributor of Feeding America, founded in 1987, that provides food to the hungry.  For over 27 years Bread of the Mighty has collected, sorted, and distributed over 6 million pounds of food and other essentials annually to over 170 partner food pantries, shelters, and feeding programs. We also bring food directly to the hungry through our mobile pantry.  Our child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals, after school snacks, summer meals and even education and tutoring to at risk area children.  Every dollar donated can provide up to 7 meals to those in need!   In Alachua County 1 in 5 residents are hungry 1 in 4 of those are children. 

Tags