Porsche Club and Porsche Naples Unleash the Power of Giving

This is the Fourth Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Naples Paradise Region Gruppe in partnership with Porsche Naples. On Saturday, November 25th, thirty-two + cars came bearing much-needed food donations for Our Daily Bread Food Pantry (ODBFP) on Winterberry Drive. Members have been collecting donated food items at the dealership for several weeks. Thanks to Scott Harle, President, and Becky Grafer-Harle, the club’s Communications Chair, for sending out a “call to participate.” On Saturday, they all gathered at the Porsche Naples dealership before they “convoyed” to Marco’s ODBFP. The cars drew quite a crowd of walkers passing by!

Are you wondering what a Gruppe is? Paradise Region Gruppe of Naples is a “group of 925+ local members of Porsche zealots and is recognized as “the club” for Porsche enthusiasts. They filled their “frunks” and backseats with non-perishable food and headed to Marco for a brief delivery to ODBFP then went to Speakeasy for waterfront lunch!

Simply put, Paradise Region Gruppe is a car club with a commitment to help wipe out hunger in the community, and in the process, they are having fun forging lifelong friendships. Along with their iconic powerful brand, they unleash their commitment to serve their community. Paradise Gruppe Member Robbie Stanic remarked, “Great day, such a great cause!”

According to Evelyn Rossetti-Ryan, Executive Director for Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, they collected about 1,750 pounds of food, and club members who could not make the drive were given the option to donate online. Thanks to the many volunteers from ODBFP who stayed longer on Saturday to help unload donations from the Food Drive.

On November 25th, 859 households were served from the Winterberry location. According to the ODBFP website, you can participate in the “joy of giving” this holiday season by filling a bag and nourishing a family in need. 

$20 feeds one family

$100 feeds five families

$300 feeds 15 families

$500 feeds 25 families

$1,000 feeds 50 families

For more information, please visit www.ourdailybreadfoodpantry.org.