MAKING A DIFFERENCE

The Realtors Association of Lake and Sumter Counties recently collaborated with Deliver the Difference to help end hunger for local children. The association is sponsoring children in Deliver the Difference’s Kidspack program, which provides breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks to disadvantaged children so they have something to eat over the weekend.

“We have to take care of our kids,” says County Commissioner Sean Parks. “There is no reason why kids, through no fault of their own and in circumstances where they don’t have enough to eat, should go hungry.”

Deliver the Difference focuses on local hunger relief for disadvantaged children and their families. Operating from a warehouse in Eustis, volunteers packaged more than 1 million meals in 2013.

DID YOU KNOW?

1 in 4 Central Florida children does not know from where the next meal will come. Lake and Sumter counties have more than 3,600 homeless school-age children.

• Encourage your family members to take water safety, first aid, and CPR courses.