OPA-LOCKA, Fl. — The City of Opa-locka and Feeding South Florida continue their active roles in providing support to the City of Opa-Locka community through drive-thru food distributions. The City of Opa-locka and Feeding South Florida hosted a drive-thru food distribution today, Tuesday, June 29, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Sherbondy Park Pavilion, 777 Sharazard Boulevard, Opa-locka.
Each Tuesday for the past two months, thousands of families have received care packages filled with farm-fresh produce and dairy products. Each of the COVID-19 care packages available at the drive-thru food distribution includes fresh fruit, vegetables, and dairy. The care packages are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
“As businesses remain closed and many of the City of Opa-locka’s residents continue to go without wages, we believe our drive-thru distribution would offer help to anyone struggling to buy groceries in the midst of the pandemic,” said City of Opa-locka Mayor Matthew Pigatt. “We want our Opa-locka residents to know that if you need food, we are here for you. Through this partnership with Feeding South Florida, our goal is to help make sure families have food on their tables.”
The next drive-thru food distribution, which will also partner with Feeding South Florida, will take place next Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The location and time are to be determined.
The City of Opa-locka has taken active roles in the community over the past month, providing assistance during these unprecedented times. In addition to the food distribution today, the City of Opa-locka, the State of Florida, and Miami-Dade County are continuing to host a walk-up testing site to provide COVID-19 coronavirus testing to symptomatic and asymptomatic members of the public 12 years old and older. The Community Based Testing Site located at Sherbondy Park, is open daily, seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The CBTS has the ability to conduct 200 tests per day.
For more information on COVID-19 and the City of Opa-locka’s response, visit http://opalockafl.gov/coronavirus.
