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Pan-Florida Challenge Raises
Over $1 Million Dollars for Local Hungry Kids
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Started two years ago as a180-mile two-day cycling event crossing Florida to feed local kids going hungry, the Naples, Florida-based Pan-Florida Challenge now feeds children from Naples to Palm Beach. Building on its remarkable success, PFC leverages rider-raised donations with grants from foundations, corporate sponsors, and benefactors to achieve its mission of ending childhood hunger across Florida one meal at a time.

In 2016, PFC riders’ personal commitment of fundraising to feed hungry kids – combined with their physical stamina – inspired 37 business sponsors. Each PFC Rider raised $2,834 on average generating over 1,600 donations. 100% of the money riders raised goes directly to feeding hungry children.
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PFC has issued an open call for the 2017 Pan-Florida Challenge. This year’s ride is March 11-12, 2017. Due to the growth in the number of participants, there is a new route this year. The route spans 180 miles from Naples to Lake Placid, and on to Fort Pierce on day two. The bike ride remains the heart of PFC. Funds raised by riders will feed food-deprived children across the ride route and beyond.

According to Maura Plante, Executive Director of the PFC, “One out of every four children across our ride route may not know where their next meal is coming from. A starving child can’t focus or learn in the classroom. Our PFC Power Packs™ go into the kids’ personal backpacks every Friday afternoon before leaving school with enough nutrition to exceed USDA recommendations for Saturday and Sunday. School administrators report improved attendance, less sickness, better in-class performance, and improved test scores in the students participating in our weekend meal program. To these children, the PFC riders are not just athletes, they are heroes.”

Riders and volunteers are welcome. Spots are limited. Register at www.PanFloridaChallenge.org. Contact Maura Plante at 561-400-2712 for participation as rider, volunteer, donor or sponsor.

About the Pan-Florida Challenge
Naples, Florida based Pan-Florida Challenge (PFC) is a charity on a mission to end hunger in local children, one meal at a time. PFC has raised $1.1 million over the past year to provide 2.5 million meals for hungry children through grants, sponsorship, benefactors, and an annual bike ride event. The funding raised will feed 2,500 elementary school children at 36 schools and aftercare sites all school year long in eight Florida counties: Palm Beach, Collier, Lee, Hendry, Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee and St. Lucie. Our proprietary PFC Power Pack™ with 13 meals of child-friendly and nutritious food items exceeds the USDA recommendations for calories, carbohydrates, and protein for elementary school children over the weekend. The PFC’s fundraising activities includes the 2017 Pan-Florida Challenge for Hungry Kids. The 2017 PFC is a two-day, 180-mile bicycle ride crossing Florida from Naples to Fort Pierce on March 11-12, 2017. 100% of rider-raised donations go to feed hungry kids.

Pan-Florida Challenge Sponsors
PFC has benefitted significantly from the generous support of sponsors across the Naples and Palm Beach business and rider communities, as well as national corporations rallying behind feeding hungry kids, including: Founding Sponsor Beacon Real Estate Partners, MHK Architecture and Planning, Waterside Builders Inc, GuidePoint Systems, Walmart, Clive Daniels, Marshalls, Soldavini & Caldwell CPA PA, Andersen Windows, WAVV 101.1FM, Florida Wood, Window and Door, Inc., Booska Movers, Capital Wealth Advisors, Farmer & Associates PLLC Attorneys at Law, Baconfest, North Naples Kiwanis, Hendry County Tourist Development Council, Kelly, Passidomo & Alba, LLP, Legno Bastone, Domino’s, Exari, Talis Park, Trek Bicycle Store, XRCEL, FineMark National Bank & Trust, Cheffy Passidomo Attorneys at Law, Bill Bone Bike Law, Naples Velo, SkyLink, CityPlace, LaBelle Downtown Revitalization Corporation, Elévée Fine Clothing, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Tide Dry Cleaners, Race Doctor Pro Cycling Service, Banyan Printing, and LA Fitness.

Contact:
Pan-Florida Challenge (PFC)
Maura Plante
561-400-2712
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