Lightning reach milestone of 200,000 meals prepared for Feeding Tampa Bay

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning's food and beverage partner at AMALIE Arena, Delaware North Corporation, which provides concessions, suites, premium dining and catering service to all events, announced today its milestone of 200,000 meals prepared and supplied to Feeding Tampa Bay to help those with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since early April, Lightning executive chef Waylon Nelson and his team have been cooking in an AMALIE Arena kitchen prepping 1,000 to 2,000 meals per week. The meals are being delivered to those who cannot leave their homes and don't have the ability or resources to get to a grocery store. Some meals are also being sent to various food drives so Feeding Tampa Bay can distribute the emergency food across their 10-county region.
Additionally, in partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay, every Monday the Yuengling Center has been the site of a weekly mega-pantry which started in mid-July. Increased food assistance brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic led to the creation of mega-pantries, which allows thousands of families to safely drive through and collect fresh groceries for the week. Distribution begins at 3:30 p.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m., or until all food is distributed
Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the national Feeding America network, focuses on providing food to the hundreds of thousands of food insecure families in the 10-county area of West Central Florida. If you need food support, would like to volunteer or donate to Feeding Tampa Bay, visit
www.feedingtampabay.org
.