Event Brief
Oct 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM ET
Metropolitan Ministries seeks holiday-drive volunteers
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Metropolitan Ministries is asking Tampa Bay residents to volunteer for its Thanksgiving and Christmas food and toy drives. The organization says only about 25% of its drive volunteer slots are booked, though it should be fully staffed by now; the drives have served as many as 30,000 people and require about 15,000 volunteers, 1 million pounds of food and more than 60,000 toys.
WHO: Metropolitan Ministries and prospective community volunteers
WHAT: Metropolitan Ministries is seeking volunteers for its Thanksgiving and Christmas food and toy drives.
WHEN: Reported Oct 27, 2026 at 9:58 AM ET
WHERE: Tampa Bay, Florida
WHY: The organization needs volunteers to help run its holiday drives, which provide food and toys to people in the community.
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