Mobile Food Pantry

Feeding South Florida is taking its fight against hunger to the streets – literally – with the roll out of a mobile pantry truck. The refrigerated vehicle is part of a nationwide fleet of trucks from Kraft Foods and its Foundation, in partnership with Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization. 

The “farmers’ market on wheels” will hit the road, making up to seven stops per week in South Florida to deliver fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious staples.  Nearly one million pounds of food – more than 780,000 meals – will reach the area’s hungry residents each year, at a time when the need has never been greater. 

For many families facing financial troubles and struggling to put dinner on the table, help is hard to find.  In this country, we’re hearing more each day about the growing problem of “food deserts” – rural and urban communities where residents might not have access to a grocery store, emergency food assistance, or food of good nutritional balance.  The Kraft Foods Mobile Pantry Program serves as an oasis of fresh food in these underserved areas. 

 “We’re seeing an unprecedented number of people needing emergency food assistance.  Right here in South Florida our agencies are reporting a 39 percent increase in the demand for assistance,” said Anthea Pennant, director of external affairs of Feeding South Florida.   “The Kraft Foods Mobile Pantry could not come at a better time to help us increase the number of clients we are able to reach, some who live as far as 35 miles from the food bank.”

For information on our Mobile Food Pantry Program, please contact Program Supervisor Alicia Press at 954-518-1824 or apress@feedingsouthflorida.org or Mobile Food Pantry Coordinator Charles Bandy at 954-518-1836 or cbandy@feedingsouthflorida.org.

Mobile Food Pantry Distribution Sites

Tuesday:

Covenant Missionary Baptist Church (Start Date- February 28, 2012)
1055 NW 6th Avenue
Florida City, FL 33034
Time: 1:00 p.m.

Wednesday:
Networking for Christ Church
6122 Washington Street
Hollywood, FL 33024
Time: 9:30 a.m.

And

Apostolic Pentecostal
210 North J Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Time: 2:30 p.m.

Thursday:
15th Avenue Church of God
705 NW 15th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311
Time: 9:30 a.m.

And

Glory Temple Liberty City
7950 NW 22nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33147
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Friday:
Pentecostal Gospel Ministry
900 S. State Road 7
Margate, FL 33068
Time: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday:
Faith and Life
121 SW 24th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33020
Time: 9:30 a.m.

And

Open Heart
1708 North 60th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33020
Time: 9:30 a.m.

 

 

 

 

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