Lee County Solid Waste’s eighth annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north. Since the program’s inception, more than 38,700 pounds of food has been diverted from potential disposal and sent to the Harry Chapin Food Bank – enough food to provide more than 32,200 meals to residents. Donations to be accepted April 7 through April 21
Join Lee County Solid Waste, Harry Chapin Food Bank, Waste Pro, the Lee County Library System, the Sanibel Public Library and Lee County Parks & Recreation in this effort to help route food that might otherwise end up in the waste stream to the county’s population of people in need.
To help, drop off unopened canned or dry goods from Monday, April 7, to Monday, April 21, at participating libraries or Lee County parks facilities and recreation centers. Additional collection containers are available Lee County Solid Waste’s Topaz Court Facility, 6441 Topaz Court, Fort Myers. GO HERE or call 239-533-8000 for more information.
Drop off locations:
Parks facilities/recreation centers
- Estero Recreation Center – 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd., Estero, FL 33928
- North Fort Myers Recreation Center – 2000 N. Recreation Park Way, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
- Six Mile Cypress Slough Interpretive Center – 7791 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33966
- Veterans Park Recreation Center – 55 Homestead Road S., Lehigh Acres, FL 33936
- Wa-Ke-Hatchee Recreation Center – 16760 Bass Road, Fort Myers, FL 33908
Library locations
- Bonita Springs Public Library – 10560 Reynolds St., Bonita Springs, FL 34135
- Cape Coral Lee County Public Library – 921 SW 39th Terrace, Cape Coral, FL 33914
- Dunbar Jupiter Hammon Public Library – 3095 Blount St., Fort Myers, FL 33916
- East County Regional Library – 881 Gunnery Road N., Lehigh Acres, FL 33971
- Fort Myers Regional Library (South Building) – 1651 Lee St., Fort Myers, FL 33901
- Lakes Regional Library – 15290 Bass Road, Fort Myers, FL 33919
- North Fort Myers Public Library – 2001 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers, FL 33903
- Northwest Regional Library – 519 Chiquita Blvd. N., Cape Coral, FL 33993
- Pine Island Public Library – 10701 Russell Road, Bokeelia, FL 33922
- Riverdale Public Library – 2421 Buckingham Road, Fort Myers, FL 33905
- Sanibel Public Library – 770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL 33957