PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The Local 10 News' third annual Day of Giving collected some 11,000 pounds of donations on Friday.
Local 10 News teamed up with Publix Super Markets to collect non-perishable food and new-and-unwrapped toys. And the Make-A-Wish Veterans Program joined the effort this year.
Among this year's donors was former Miami Dolphins player Adewale Ogunley, who showed up with a cart full of food.
"People who have stuff who have worked hard for it and God has blessed them, I think it is their duty to give back," Ogunley said. "There are so many people in this world who need a hand."
There were also some $3,000 in cash donations. The donations will benefit seven charitable agencies in South Florida.
Aside from the Make-A-Wish Veterans Program, donations will also go to Edible Extras, Farm Share, Joshua's Heart, Manna-Share-A-Meal, Miami Rescue Mission and Broward Outreach Centers and Star of the Sea Outreach Mission.
In the last two years, Local 10 News viewers have donated more than 30,000 pounds of food, hundreds of toys and thousands of dollars in donations to nonprofits serving the homeless and poor.
The Publix drop off locations participating in the Day of Giving:
Broward County
Brookside Square - Store #568
10701 Wiles Road
Coral Springs, FL 33076
Sheridan Plaza - Store 53
5211 Sheridan Street
Hollywood, FL 33021
Paraiso Parc – Store #1068
15729 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33027
Miami-Dade County
Miami Shores – Store #794
9050 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami Shores, FL 33138
West Miami – Store #1494
1500 SW 57th Avenue
Miami, FL 33144
Miami Lakes – Store #1129
15000 Miami Lakes Drive E
Miami Lakes, FL 33014
Monroe County
Tradewinds Plaza – Store #376
101437 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, FL 33037
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