Feed in Need in the News

Tampa Keeps the Donation of Thanksgiving Meals, Turkeys Going

Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL – November 19, 2018

Yup, Thanksgiving dinner is nearly upon us. But that hasn’t stopped Tampa Bay businesses and nonprofits from keeping the holiday do-goodery going through the donation of hot meals and turkeys to families and individuals across the region

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Tampa Restaurant Owner Plans Thousands Of Free Thanksgiving Meals

WUSF News – Tampa, FL – Wednesday, November 22, 2017

“A Tampa restaurateur is trying to ensure that no one in Tampa Bay goes without a place to have a Thanksgiving meal.

Ergin Tek, owner of Gengiz Khan Mediterranean Grill, made headlines earlier this year when he turned his restaurant on Bay to Bay Boulevard into a shelter during Hurricane Irma…”

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Tampa Restaurateur Planning Free Thanksgiving Meals

Bay News 9 – Tampa, FL – Monday, November 20, 2017

“During Hurricane Irma, he turned his South Tampa restaurant into a shelter. Now, Genghis Khan Mediterranean Grill owner Ergin Tek wants to feed thousands for Thanksgiving – for free…”

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Tampa Restaurant Owner Who Sheltered Irma Victims to Serve Thanksgiving Meals

WFLA, News Channel 8 – Tampa, FL – Tuesday, November 21, 2017

“A local restaurant owner is doing it again, inviting people he’s never met to come join him for a free meal.

When we first introduced you to Ergin Tek back in September, he’d recently opened his doors to anyone looking for shelter from Hurricane Irma. This time? You might say he has a need to feed!…”

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Tampa Restaurant Announces it Will Turn into Shelter in Case of Irma Emergency

Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL – September 7, 2017

As Bay area craft breweries and at least one distillery offer to fill growlers, jugs and vessels of all kind with free water in the midst of Hurricane Irma’s projected arrival, a South Tampa restaurant made a different sort of announcement Wednesday.

Critical Need After the Storm? Feeding Those in Need

Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL – September 12, 2017

Feeding those in need before, during and in the aftermath of a storm like Irma is complicated business. More than 585 shelters opened in the state of Florida in the past few days, with more than 200,000 people housed and fed. Many more people than that have found themselves without power or access to adequate food and clean drinking water.

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IRMA: Tampa Man Turns Restaurant into Hurricane Shelter

Bay News 9 – Tampa, FL – Friday, September 08, 2017

The owner of the Gengiz Khan Turkish Grill plans to transform his South Tampa restaurant into a Hurricane Irma shelter.

“It’s my duty,” said owner Ergin Tek, 38. “This neighborhood has been really good to me — It’s my time to return.”