By Roxanne Brown
Lake Cares looks toward future of feeding the hungry
Feeding the Hungry
Lake Cares held its “Building Hope” capital campaign kick-off breakfast on March 30 at First Presbyterian Church of Eustis. Attendees learned about exciting new changes slated for the organization and how it plans to better feed, educate and uplift the community via its future home—which includes a much bigger food pantry and warehouse—that broke ground in October 2022. Lake Cares provides food and other necessary services to downtrodden Lake County residents who need assistance. In 2022, Lake Cares served 67,329 individuals and 18,816 families. The organization also distributed 1,224,727 pounds of food.
@ Eustis | Photos: Cindy Peterson
Originally from Nogales, Arizona, Roxanne worked in the customer service industry while practicing freelance writing for years. She came on board with Akers Media in July 2020 as a full-time staff writer for Lake & Sumter Style Magazine and was promoted to Managing Editor in October 2023—her dream job come true. Prior to that and after just having moved to Florida in 1999, Roxanne had re-directed her prior career path to focus more on journalism and went on to become a reporter for The Daily Commercial/South Lake Press newspapers for 16 years. Additionally, Roxanne—now an award-winning journalist recognized by the Florida Press Club and the Florida chapter of The Society of Professional Journalism—continues working toward her secondary goal of becoming a published author of children’s books.
