SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — A ribbon cutting for the $1.6 million expansion of the Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center in Safety Harbor was held on Tuesday with staff, volunteers and community leaders.
“Over the past year, we’ve been under construction,” said David Hale, MWNFC’s Executive Director. “Throughout it we were working and the food pantry team was putting food out in the back.”
Hale said every year the need grows for the center’s services, and the new expansion will help them meet that demand. In April 2024, the center fed, on average, 145 families weekly. This past April, the number jumped up to 200 families weekly, according to center data…