
Our History
Our roots date back to the fall of 2014 when four local cyclists rode 360 miles in a relay across Florida to provide 134,000 meals for children in Haiti through the non-profit organization, Help for Haiti. One of these riders was founder and chairman, Ed Mullen. The ride provoked Mullen to find a solution for the hunger epidemic happening right here in Florida. The solution was the beginning of Pan-Florida Challenge – an organization dedicated to feeding food insecure children throughout the community.
Six years later, PFC and the Pan-Florida Challenge Board of Directors, began to look beyond just feeding hungry children. Their hope was to address its potential health repercussions – including life-threatening diseases like cancer — and implement preventive strategies.
Delving deep into scientific research and professional case studies, PFC found a proven link between a lack of nutrition, or poor nutrition, and an increased risk of developing cancer.
Today, Pan-Florida Challenge partners with local cancer organizations to support cancer prevention research and patient support. Our partnerships with elementary schools remain an important component, as we continue to provide PFC Power Packs to 2,500 hungry children every Friday.
Pan-Florida Challenge is currently supported by more than 300 volunteers, 50 sponsors, 1,400 donors, and 300 bike riders. To date, the organization has provided more than 5 million meals to children in need.
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Pan-Florida Challenge Plans Expansion of Mission Statement
NAPLES, Fla. — Sept. 27, 2019 —The Pan-Florida Challenge Board of Directors approved several adjustments to its formal mission statement. While the non-profit will remain committed to solving childhood hunger, the mission will now [...]
2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids Closes Record Fundraising Year On Ride In Memory of Slain Cyclist Robert Sciolino
Naples, FL – May 23, 2019 – Fundraising for The 2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids in Memory of Robert Sciolino closed out May 22, bringing in a combination of donations and sponsorships [...]
Organizers of Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids to honor race in memory of Robert Sciolino
From https://www.news-press.com/story/life/2018/12/30/organizers-pan-florida-challenge-ride-hungry-kids-honor-race-memory-robert-sciolino/2418826002/ ---- When Renee Montesanti and the rest of the Robert ‘Sonny’ Sciolino family found out the 2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids would be done in memory of Sciolino, it provided a measure of [...]
Meet the Ride Ambassadors Wiping Out Hunger on the 2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids
Naples, FL – December 13, 2018 – Pan-Florida Challenge for Hungry Kids Ride Ambassadors are community influencers leading the fight to wipe out childhood hunger in our community. The inaugural class of PFC ride [...]
Sails Restaurant Partners with Pan-Florida Challenge for Hungry Kids
Naples, FL – October 3, 2018 – Sails Restaurant, Fifth Avenue South’s newest haute dining spot, designated the Naples-based non-profit Pan-Florida Challenge for Hungry Kids as an official charitable partner with gold-level sponsorship. Sails’ [...]
Registration Opens for March 2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids
Naples, FL – September 5, 2018– Registration now is open for the 2019 Pan-Florida Challenge Ride for Hungry Kids Presented by La Colmar Bakery & Bistro, the Naples-based non-profit announced Monday. Hundreds of cyclists are [...]
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