4-Corners Food Drive for Hopelink -- worth its weight in food

Food drive collects 1,299 pounds of food

A generous outpouring of food and money happened during the second annual 4-Corners Food Drive for Hopelink that occurred on October 3 at the Richmond Beach QFC.

This drive was the united effort of the 4-Corners neighborhoods: Hillwood, Innis Arden, Richmond Beach and Richmond Highlands, which have a great history of working together to do more than what one neighborhood could do alone.

It is hugely encouraging to see the efforts of these four neighborhoods combine to lighten the load and more than quadruple the fun.

In this six-hour food drive, you -- our neighbors -- contributed $390 and 1,299 pounds of food, completely filling every nook and cranny of a 4-door pickup with only the tiniest bit of room left for the driver!

This was 3.6 times the amount of food that we collected last year. Next year we'll need a bigger truck!

Thanks to all those who gave so generously of food, money and their time to make a difference.