Mayors’ Feed the Hungry hosts Thanksgiving food drive at Nathan Benderson Park

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A community-wide Thanksgiving food drive is bringing Suncoast residents together to fight hunger while honoring the legacy of a local philanthropist.The Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program is partnering with Nathan Benderson Park to collect 109,000 pounds of food in honor of what would have been Nathan Benderson’s 109th birthday on November 20.The initiative, running November 9–20, aims to provide much-needed food assistance to families across Sarasota and Manatee counties ahead of Thanksgiving.Marnie Buchsbaum and Cheyenne Slate with Nathan Benderson Park, along with Tracy Wiggins from the Mayors’ Feed the Hungry Program, joined ABC7 to discuss the initiative and how the community can help.“Nathan Benderson Park is always a gathering place for the community, whether it’s for sport, whether for fun, whether for giving back,” Buchsbaum said.She explained that approximately 1,500 collection boxes have been placed throughout the community. Donations from those location