GOOD CAUSES: SPCA raffle in November; peanut butter challenge underway
SPCA RAFFLE IN NOVEMBER
SPCA Florida is hosting its 30th Auction for Animals along with a Winner’s Choice Raffle. The drawing will be held Nov. 12 at the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, and there are three chances to win cash. Win $3,000, $2,000, or $1,000 cash to spend as you wish. Tickets are $25 per ticket or five for $100. The winner need not be present at the drawing. For more raffle details and to secure tickets, visit https://www.spcaflorida.org/auction or call 863-577-4600.
ANNUAL PEANUT BUTTER CHALLENGE UNDERWAY
The Peanut Butter Challenge is an annual jar collection for local food pantries hosted by UF/IFAS Extension and Florida A&M University Cooperative Extension that launched in the Florida Panhandle counties. Unopened, unexpired peanut butter jars of any size can be donated to the UF/IFAS Extension Polk County office, 1702 S. Holland Parkway, Bartow through Oct. 31. Other Polk County collection sites include: Lakeland Public Library, 100 Lake Morton Drive, Lakeland; Winter Haven Library, 325 NW Ave. A, Winter Haven; Polk County Board of County Commissioners, 330 W. Church St., Bartow; Peter Rust Civic Center, 5 S. Allapaha Ave., Davenport. Proceeds will go to Polk State College’s Food Pantry. Coordinated by UF/IFAS Extension faculty, staff and volunteers, the competition among counties for bragging rights was conceived in 2012 as a way to feed hungry families ahead of the holidays in addition to promoting a Florida-grown crop, the peanut, which is produced mainly throughout the northern regions of Florida and contributed $119 million to the state economy in 2019. For more information, contact Andrea Nikolai, Polk UF/IFAS Extension, 863-519-1072, andreanikolai@ufl.edu or visit sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/peanutbutter. Follow @PolkExtension.
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This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Opportunities to help SPCA and fight hunger
