Feeding South Florida, Farm Share sending meals, water to help in hurricane hit areas
MIAMI - Feeding South Florida has provided meals to countless people through the years in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties for years. Now, the organization is sending supplies and staffers north to help those impacted by what was Hurricane Idalia.
Thursday morning two 36-foot tractor trailers, filled with much-needed food and water for the families, took off for Second Harvest of the Big Bend in Tallahassee.
"For so many families, they've lost their food, they've been inundated or flooded out, so this food is gonna help a lot of families start to put their life back together," said Feeding South Florida CEO and President Paco Velez.
Each truck has 24 pallets of emergency food supply, each pallet has 64 buckets that have enough supplies to last 15 days. Two Feeding South Florida team members will stay on-site at Second Harvest of the Big Bend through Monday to volunteer as needed.
"The scene right now is a lot of folks are truly trying to understand where they are, where their houses are, what businesses are open, what can, who can serve, who can't serve," he said.
Feeding South Florida is on standby and expected to make additional food, water, and supply deliveries. Its state-of-the-art, 5,000-square-foot community kitchen is ready to prepare up to 3,000 meals per day for families in Florida.
If you would like to help, you can make donations HERE.
Farm Share is also lending a hand. Before the storm, it strategically positionedg trucks loaded with crucial provisions, including food and water.
On Thursday, it was all hands on deck as three semi trucks headed out. One went to Perry, another to Madison, and the third to Lake City. A box truck with supplies was also sent to Homosassas.
Thursday night the Farm Share team, in collaboration with the City of Sweetwater and Mayor Jose Diaz, will launch a disaster relief effort convoy from Dolphin Mall to the most effected areas in northern Florida. Farm Share is providing two semi trucks to Madison and one semi truck to Stienhatchee full with water and MREs on that arrive on Friday.
Farm Share partnered with Global Empowerment Mission in assembling the emergency relief packages which have canned food, water, MREs and hygiene products.
