Hurricane Irma Food Distribution Underway Around Miami Area

MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade Schools chief Alberto M. Carvalho will be joined by board members and representatives of the Feeding South Florida Food Bank on Thursday starting at 11:30 a.m. to distribute 30,000 Meals-Ready-To-Eat at five different schools around the Miami area. The effort is aimed at helping people who have been affected by Hurricane Irma. Many people have been unable to work since the storm hit and still don't have electricity.

"In the wake of Hurricane Irma, many in our community are struggling to meet basic needs," according to school officials. "M-DCPS, in collaboration with Feeding South Florida Food Bank, will distribute 2,000 to 3,000 meals-ready-to-eat (MRE’s) at each site, while supplies last." (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Miami Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

These are the participating locations:

Frederick Douglass Elementary School
314 N.W. 12th Street
Miami

Parkway Educational Complex Hialeah Middle School
2349 N.W. 175th Street 6027 East 7th Avenue
Miami Gardens

D.A. Dorsey Technical College West Miami Middle School
7100 N.W. 17th Avenue 7525 S.W. 24th Street
Miami

South Dade Senior High Miami Senior High School
28401 S.W. 167th Avenue 2450 SW First Street
Homestead

Robert Morgan Educational Center
18180 SW 122nd Avenue
Miami

Schools chief Alberto Carvalho courtesy of Miami-Dade County Public Schools