Community Shoebox Drive

02/26/2026

The 32nd Annual Tropical Nights: In the Wild West Online Auction is now open! Join us in supporting our lifesaving mission by participating in this exciting event. Discover unique items ranging from restaurant packages to family-friendly attractions. Registration is simple, and bidding is open to everyone. Let’s make an impact together!
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01/20/2026

We are proud to share our January 2026 Newsletter highlighting the significant impact we made in 2025. With over 3.5 million pounds of food distributed and thousands of meals served, our community efforts have truly made a difference. Join us for the 32nd Annual Tropical Nights event on March 6, 2026, at the Grove Ballroom to support our mission. Let's continue to create positive change together.

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Email from Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee You don't want to miss this. January 2026 Newsletter 2025 Impact Report With the dedication and support of our donors, volunteers, and staff, we accomplished

12/09/2025

Great things planned!! Hope to see at our Holiday Shoebox event this weekend!

12/05/2025

🎵 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎵 The are coming in strong! These beautiful gifts will be given to seniors in Manatee County and really mean so much! More details about our Holiday Shoebox Collection and Reception in the comments below! 👇

10/06/2025

🎁🎁Mark your calendars and save the date for this fun, holly, jolly event! 🎁🎁

12/13/2024

Join us Saturday, December 14th from 4-6pm at Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge 2855 located at 4602 Lena Road in Bradenton. We have beautiful raffle baskets and our holiday market will be ready for all guests who attend. Deliver your wrapped and filled shoebox for free admission, great appetizers, live entertainment, and much more. See you there! 🎁 Admission is $20 without a wrapped and filled Shoebox.

12/06/2024

12/02/2024

Staff from Freedom House, powered by Bailes Consulting Services, dropped off 50 shoeboxes for our Holiday Shoebox Event. These wonderful women work to make sure that individuals find and keep housing to keep their children out of foster care. Being part of such an important effort themselves doesn’t keep them from putting together thoughtful and needed items for seniors around our community who might not be able to enjoy a present themselves this holiday. This is their fourth year being part of our Holiday Shoebox efforts and they love doing it because they like to give back to the community for the support they receive. Thank you for your great work!

11/26/2024

Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee had visitors from two groups that dropped off wrapped and filled shoeboxes for our clients and other seniors around Manatee County. Girl Scout Troop #21 from Bradenton, and their leader Michelle, spent 4 hours together (Daisy Scouts all the way up to middle/high school age Girl Scouts) wrapping, sorting, and stuffing these holiday boxes — 101 of them! Our next guests came from the Sarasota Retired Educators Association who dropped off 78 more boxes. We couldn’t have been more thrilled! The holidays should be special for everyone, and we thank these groups for making sure that we can do that for all in our reach. Great job!

11/09/2024

🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 We are into November and are ramping up our Holiday Shoebox Collection to benefit seniors in Manatee County. More information on how you can help is here: https://mealsonwheelsplus.org/events/holiday-shoebox-collection-594/
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Please join us for our 19th Annual Shoebox Collection Join us for our annual Holiday Shoebox Collection presented by the Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge. Guests who bring a wrapped &... Continue Reading…