Bringing Families Back to the Dinner Table
September’s ‘Changing Oil Changing Lives’ donations go to Family Meals, Inc! Family Meals works to provide the ingredients for a holiday home cooked family meal for the working poor, and for families who may not qualify for food stamps or free school lunch programs. Getting your oil changed at any SLBT location in September will help support this awesome local organization!
https://slbatterytire.com/blog/view/feeding-families 
Don’t miss Family Meals’ 4th Celebrity Bartender’s Event at Cobb’s Landing in Fort Pierce Wednesday, November 7.
We are proud of our celebrity bartender’s line up. 
Introducing our bartenders in no particular order, Maryann Wolonowski, Frankie Lott, Carissa Zerga, Wendie Smith, Clifford Pearl, and Tina Klein, WOW, what a line up! Thank you bartenders!
Donna Qvarnstrom- Burke of Cobbs Landing is coming up with drink and food specials for this special evening.
All bartenders are donating their time to provide local families with a Thanksgiving meal!
Remember, tips = turkeys. 100% of money raised goes to purchase turkeys for families this Thanksgiving.
Bartenders are already busy raising tip money. Watch this page for information regarding their individual fundraising events.
Bartender will the most tip money gets a big trophy!
Join us! Please call Family Meals 772-210-0900 visit our website familymealsinc.org or email us at familymealsfl@gmail.com for info, raffles and drawings throughout the evening. Don’t miss this great event while helping Treasure Coast families this Thanksgiving.
Bob & Linda Swain
On behalf of all the volunteers and Board Members of Family Meals, Inc. it is with deep sadness and regret to share with you Linda Swain unexpectedly passed away peacefully in her home, Tuesday, April 10. She was surrounded by her loving family.
When Linda began volunteering with Family Meals, she and her daughter Christy delivered meals. Linda immediately began recruiting drivers, organizing routes, and and quickly solicited many of her family members to help Family Meals. Linda’s participation and commitment has propelled the success of Family Meals, Inc.
Linda’s passion to help others, especially families is unparalleled. She was a silent, but a mighty force. She was always speaking and reaching up for anyone who was struggling and who needed a helpful hand. Linda was everyone’s cheerleader. She will be remembered as a selfless volunteer and leader who always put others before herself.
She was a treasured friend to all of us. We are all heartbroken and deeply saddened.
Please keep Linda’s family and friends in your prayers as we walk this journey together.
Linda’s service is entrusted to All County Sunday April 15
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
All County Treasure Coast Chapel
1010 NW Federal Highway
Stuart, FL 34994
Celebration of Life will be immediately after the service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Pierce, (trinitychurch4u.com) All are welcome. If you’d like to donate food or can help set up/clean up, please contact Martha Taylor 772-370-0891 .
http://www.allcounty.com/obituaries/Linda-Fontanez-Swain?obId=3059973#/obituaryInfo
Family Meals, Inc. is getting ready for their Easter Outreach 2018 and we need your help. We will deliver meal ingredient food bags on Saturday, March 24 beginning at 7:00 in the morning at Trinity Lutheran Church (trinitychurch4u.com) Fellowship Hall. We need lots of help.
If you are available to help unpack, pack, set up the distribution room at the church, sort potatoes, and help wherever needed either Friday, March 23 beginning at 1:00 and/or Saturday, March 24 beginning at 7:00 until noon, please sign up here: https://www.volunteersignup.org/YC3DE
If you want to deliver our meal bags to families, please let us know by emailing
familymealsdrivers@gmail.com. You need a driver’s license and current auto insurance and will be asked to provide a copy of both. You also need a partner to help you. We never ask you to deliver to an area you feel unsafe. It is against our policy to deliver to anyone you know .
Statistics show children of families who share family meals have better grades, higher self-esteem, lower substance abuse, lower risk of depression, lower risk of eating disorders, lower rates of obesity and have a sense of belonging. Simply sharing a family meal is the “magic bullet” families are looking for!
Family Meals’ volunteers are committed to showing families the importance of sharing a family meal. Family Meals, inc is not a food handout or a food pantry organization. Family Meals, Inc. is a 100% volunteer nonprofit, with no paid staff. If you can help us make a difference in our community, please let us know. We need you and encourage your suggestions and concerns.
This past Thanksgiving 2017 Family Meals, Inc. helped over 2,000+ families along the Treasure Coast! Family Meals, Inc. was launched in 2012. In 2012 we helped 20 families. We’re humbled by your support.
Many local businesses are hosting food drives to help us off-set our food expenses. Please check our facebook page for additional locations or look for our food drive signs and donate generously. www.facebook.com/events/175658403211849
Fort Pierce
Trinity Lutheran Church
Open Arms
Polished Hair and Nail Salon
Gardner Lock Shop
Port St. Lucie
Grace Lutheran Church
Clear SEM Solutions
Treasure Coast Therapy Connections
Stuart
Anchor Financial Services, CPA, PA
If you prefer to make a donation, paypal = familymealsfl@gmail.com click on the “donate” button familymealsinc.org
Or mail a check:
Family Meals, Inc.
4816 Sunset Blvd
Fort Pierce, FL 34982
Family Meals, Inc. is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit, all volunteer, with no paid staff.
Please share a couple hours of your time to make a huge difference to families along the Treasure Coast this Easter. Thank you for supporting Family Meals, Inc. https://www.volunteersignup.org/YC3DE
FORT PIERCE — Holidays are nearly all commemorated with a special meal. It’s a time for families to gather and share, celebrate, laugh, cry and make memories that will last a lifetime. For many in our area, though, holiday meals are a source of genuine anxiety.
Families who are among the working poor may not qualify for school lunches or food stamps, and other families simply fall through the financial cracks of the social services system. Fortunately, three times each year, Martha Taylor and the volunteers of Family Meals, Inc., coordinate outreach programs to gather donations of all the ingredients it takes to prepare a traditional family meal. Those ingredients are sorted, packaged and distributed to families in need, and it’s that tremendous teamwork and effort that caught the attention of the Dyer Difference St. Lucie Award Committee this month, garnering Family Meals the November Dyer Difference Award and a $3,000 check to help defray costs.
Taylor says that the goal of Family Meals is not to sustain families and residents throughout the year, but rather to provide three special holiday meals and the encouragement and ability to spend time together with family. She admits that many of the recipients of the specialty meals are hardworking members of the community for whom putting together a special holiday meal creates a genuine financial burden.
“Many of the individuals and families we serve are very proud and want to manage on their own,” said Taylor. “Our meal bags are full of staple ingredients which provide more than one meal. Often our recipients share their holiday meals with neighbors, extended family members, and friends or colleagues.” In 2015, more than 1,000 families were served by Family Meals, combining to create more than 4,500 meals.
Since relocating to the area in 2008, each month members of the Dyer Chevrolet Fort Pierce staff meet to review the applications that have been submitted and select one nonprofit organization to receive that month’s recognition and $3,000 award. For the Dyer family and the members of the Dyer Chevrolet Fort Pierce staff, it’s all about helping to make a positive difference in the community. For the recipients, it’s an acknowledgement of their tireless efforts to do the same and a much-needed financial boost to help further their missions.
