ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Families lined up hours before a back-to-school food drive began Saturday morning at Colonial High School, highlighting an ongoing need for food assistance across Orange County.
Although Orange County Public Schools provides free meals for students, those meals do not always cover nights, weekends, or other members of the household.
According to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, about 1 in 7 people across its seven-county service area experience food insecurity. That represents roughly 650,000 Central Florida residents. Among children, the rate climbs to 1 in 5…