A Palm Beach County organization is preparing and passing out more than 50,000 pounds of food.
PASSING OUT 50 THOUSAND POUNDSOF FOOD.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT&BUT WPTV NEWS CHANNEL FIVESSABIRAH RAYFORD SHOWS YOU HOWTHEY<<“WE CANCHEF RICHARD ROBERTS, ITFAMILIAR JOB.“WE ARE GOING TOA DO A ROAST CHICKEN, WITHSOME VEGETABLES, ASPARAGUS,STEWED TOMATOES.” IN ANUNFAMILIAR SETTING“IT MAKESME FEEL GOOD TO SEE ACTUALLYALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOWUP, HELPING OUT IN ANY WAYTHAT THEY CAN” WITH THE HELPOF CHEF ROBERTS AND DOZENS OFOTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERSTHE LAST TWO WEEKS THE“PALMBEACH HARVES” ORGANIZATIONDONATED MORE THAT 250,000POUNDS OF FOOD TO PEOPLE INEED.“WEMEALS DAILY AND ALSO WE AREDISTRIBUTING LARGE LOADS OFSURPLUS PRODUCE” EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR DEBORAH MORGAN SAYSTHEYFARMERS WHO ARE BACKED UP WITHPRODUCE BECAUSE THE LACK OFDEMAND FROM RESTAURANTS.“WEHAVE SO MANY FOOD DESERTSRIGHT HERE UNDER OUR FEET”THIS WEEKEND MORGAN AND HERCREW ARE HOPING TO DISTRIBUTE50 THOUSAND MORE POUNDS OFFOOD THROUGHOUT ALL OF PALMBEACH COUNTY.
HOWEVER SHE SAYSTHEY NEED MORE LICENSED TRUCKDRIVERS AND PROFESSIONALCHEFS.
COVID-19 HAS CAUSEDTHEM TO SPREAD OUT THEIROPERATION.“WE CAN ONLY HAVETEN PEOPLE AT A TIME IN OURFACILITY.
SO WE HAVE 6 PLATINGAND THEN FOUR IN THE KITCHEN”MORGAN SAYS AS THE NEEDCONTINUES TO GROW THEIROPERATIONS WONREPORTING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY“WHATEVER THE NEED IS, WE AREGOING TO BE HERE” SABIRAHRAYFORD, WPTV, NEWS CHANNEL5.
The program is helping families through difficult times. Districts are adding more sites and changing one.
A Palm Beach County non-profit organization is reaching out to one of our hardest hit communities of the coronavirus pandemic.
