Florida Gateway Food Bank going full-tilt during crisis

  • Suzanne Edwards, regional director for Catholic Charities, which operates Florida Gateway Food Bank, holds a couple of bags of oranges at the organization’s HQ on Northwest Railroad Street. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    Suzanne Edwards, regional director for Catholic Charities, which operates Florida Gateway Food Bank, holds a couple of bags of oranges at the organization’s HQ on Northwest Railroad Street. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
  • David Boozer, general manager of the Florida Gateway Food Bank, poses in front of the boxes that a shipment of bananas came in. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    David Boozer, general manager of the Florida Gateway Food Bank, poses in front of the boxes that a shipment of bananas came in. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
  • Suzanne Edwards and David Boozer pose together at the Catholic Charities building. The organization’s food bank program recently received a $30,000 donation from Nutrien to assist in the covid-19 relief effort. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
    Suzanne Edwards and David Boozer pose together at the Catholic Charities building. The organization’s food bank program recently received a $30,000 donation from Nutrien to assist in the covid-19 relief effort. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

    Volunteers and staffers at the Catholic Charities-affiliated Florida Gateway Food Bank are working almost nonstop to keep up with unprecedented levels of need in the community. 

    From its base of o…