provided to The Santiva Chronicle
FISH OF SANCAP announces a charitable gift of $5,000 from the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation. It will help fund the Youth Backpack Program, a year-round initiative that provides essential nutrition to local children from low- to moderate-income households.
FISH distributes approximately 200 food backpacks each month to children who rely on these meals during weekends, school holidays, and summer break when school-based food services are unavailable.
“We’re so grateful to Suncoast Credit Union for investing in our youth through this generous grant,” said FISH Executive Director Maria Espinoza.
“This partnership helps us ease the burden on working families and lets local kids focus on learning, growing, and just being kids. Without partners like Suncoast, this program wouldn’t be possible,” she said. “Their support is helping us meet real needs in real time.”
Suncoast Credit Union, Florida’s largest credit union, founded the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation to promote the education, health, and emotional well-being of children in the community.
Each time a Suncoast member uses their debit or credit card, the credit union donates four cents to the Foundation to fund local initiatives. Since its inception in 1990, the Foundation has raised and donated over $55 million.
“We cannot overstate the importance of providing nutritious food, a basic need for children and youth,” said Jeff Kunberger, Executive Director of Suncoast Foundations.
“Supporting this vital program is important to the well-being of these young people and their families. It is also critical to their success outside of the classroom and clearly supports our mission of improving lives in the communities we serve,” he added.
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