City Of Phoenix Joins Operation: Feed The Need And Hosts A Drive-Thru Food Box Event

Press release from the City of Phoenix:

September 10, 2020

The city of Phoenix announced they will join the Salvation Army in hosting an Operation: Feed the Need drive-thru food box distribution event on Saturday, Sept. 12 in west Phoenix.

The city approved $5 million in available Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to be given to agencies offering food assistance support in Phoenix. The Salvation Army is one of the entities that received some of these funds to help meet the need in Phoenix neighborhoods.

“West Phoenix includes many of our neighborhoods most impacted by COVID-19, and we depend on the help of our partners to meet the community where they are. It is a top priority of the City of Phoenix to provide food assistance to families. Through partnerships with food banks, schools, non-profits, health centers, and other community partners we have been able to serve our residents when it matters most," said Mayor Kate Gallego.

Operation: Feed the Need was created by the Salvation Army to help people in times of crisis have access to food for their families. With funds from the city, food boxes will be distributed at the American Family Fields of Phoenix at 51st Ave. and Whitton avenues beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12.

Residents can drive through the parking lot and by presenting a government-issued photo identification with a Phoenix address can receive a box of food.

More information about other programs and funds available to those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are available at Phoenix.gov/resources. To see the breakdown of the $293 million in CARES Act funding received by the city of Phoenix, visit Phoenix.gov/COVIDRelief.

This press release was produced by the City of Phoenix. The views expressed here are the author’s own.