TAMPA, Fla. — An event this weekend hopes to help provide food for families in need by bringing together a band, a nonprofit and a hardworking group of volunteers.
The Glen Fox Band is raising money to help the nonprofit End 68 Hours of Hunger, which packs lunches to give to kids who may not have access to food throughout the weekend.
This weekend, they'll come together for a concert to help raise money and goods.
"It's just humbling," said Ronald Leder from the Glen Fox Band. "And the people that come and pack lunches, and the kids go off to on Friday afternoons to go home and eat. So it's a blessing to be part of this."
Carol Locicero with End 68 Hours of Hunger Tampa said the response has been amazing.
"I mean, when people hear that there are children living all around us who are hungry and have to worry about what they're going to eat over the weekend—I found that people just have big hearts, and they respond," Locicero said.
The event is this Saturday at O'Briens Irish Pub on North Dale Mabry from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Non-perishables are accepted. Click here for more information.
“You know, it might just be time we take a look if HOAs are really even necessary.
Maybe we should just do away with homeowner associations as a whole.”
South Florida lawmaker Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) says it may be time to do away with homeowners associations altogether, as more Floridians speak out about rising fees, costly lawsuits, and even arrests tied to HOA disputes. He said this week that he is considering filing legislation in the next session that would abolish HOAs statewide.