(BPRW) FPL and Community Partners Support Thanksgiving Food Drive to Help Spread Joy this Holiday Season

Proud Sponsor of the 100 Black Men of South Florida’s Annual Event

(Black PR Wire) Pembroke Park, FL – On Nov. 16, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) partnered with 100 Black Men of South Florida for their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The event took place at the Feeding South Florida facility in Pembroke Park.

The food drive fulfills the need to help and bring the joy of Thanksgiving to economically disadvantaged individuals in South Florida. The Thanksgiving Food Drive is a collaborative effort among community partners, which included Publix and American Airlines. In addition, UPS partnered and delivered the boxes to convenient locations in underserved communities for pick-up by those in need. Dozens of volunteers assembled the meal kits that included a turkey, canned goods and other items ideal for a Thanksgiving dinner.

“Advancing meaningful initiatives and making a positive contribution is part of FPL’s commitment to powering strong communities making Florida an even better place to live, work and raise a family,” said Armando Fernandez, Director of External Affairs for Miami-Dade County for FPL. “We’re honored to partner with 100 Black Men of South Florida and so many others to ensure everyone has a healthy, happy Thanksgiving meal.”

The 2024 goal is to pack and deliver over 2,500 traditional Thanksgiving meals to those who need them most in South Florida. FPL is a proud sponsor of the 100 Black Men of South Florida’s Thanksgiving Food Drive, helping serve our community and build character, create hope, aspirations, plans and futures for tomorrow’s leaders.

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About Florida Power & Light Company

As America’s largest electric utility, Florida Power & Light Company serves more customers and sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8 million accounts, or more than 12 million people. FPL operates one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S. and in 2021 won the ReliabilityOne® National Reliability Award for the sixth time in the last seven years. The company received the top ranking in the southern U.S. among large electric providers, according to J.D. Power’s 2021 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM and 2021 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM. The company was also recognized in 2020 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric utilities by Escalent for the seventh consecutive year. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2022 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies” and recognized on Fortune’s 2021 list of companies that “Change the World.” NextEra Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage.

For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com , www.FPL.com , www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

Photo 1: Recently, Florida Power & Light Company joined community partners to support the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive hosted by the local nonprofit organization 100 Black Men in South Florida. Volunteers helped pack hope for 2,500 economically disadvantaged individuals in South Florida. The boxes include food to make a Thanksgiving dinner.

Photo 2: Darlyne Jean-Charles, MBA, senior community relations specialist for Florida Power & Light Company ‘s (FPL) Miami-Dade and Broward counties, recently volunteered at the Annual 100 Black Men Thanksgiving Food Drive. The food drive, sponsored by FPL, will provide a Thanksgiving meal to thousands of families in South Florida.

Photo 3: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) Lead Project Manager Development Jarrett Daniels (left) and FPL Director of Customer Solutions & Sales McKenley Romeo (right) joined dozens of volunteers on Nov. 16, 2024, at the Annual 100 Black Men Thanksgiving Food Drive to pack hope for over 2,500 economically disadvantaged individuals in South Florida. The Thanksgiving Food Drive took place in the Feeding South Florida Facility in Broward County.

Photo 4: On Nov. 16, 2024, Florida Power & Light Company in partnership with Feeding South Florida, UPS, Publix, American Airlines and other community partners, sponsored the Thanksgiving Food Drive hosted by 100 Black Men of South Florida. The food drive will provide a meal to over 2,500 economically disadvantaged individuals in South Florida.