Operation Nourish: Mission United of Miami-Dade Food Distribution

COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated the underlying fragility of our social support systems, including food security and depleted the volunteer forces that typically support this work. As a result, more Americans are going hungry and our institutions are struggling to keep up. Furthermore, more than 1.5 million veterans live in a household that completely relies on SNAP to supplement their food intake. As a result, organizations like Mission United of Miami-Dade, are ready to support our veterans by supplying them food. In support of Operation Nourish, the Miami Platoon is partnering up with United Way Mission United of Miami-Dade to deliver food to our veterans homes around the Miami area. Please join us on July 21st, to help feed veterans in the Miami-Dade area. Location: 3195 SW 3rd Avenue, Miami, Fl 33129 (The Empowerment Building) Time: 9:30am-11:30am to pick up boxes of food from Mission United and then deliver to veteran homes. Special instructions: Parking for the event will be in the Mission United parking lot. The first 10 volunteers to sign up for this event will receive a $15 gas card to off set the delivery costs. Extra information: Part of our distribution will be volunteers picking up to deliver to veterans houses while a second group will be doing bulk drop offs at several Apartment buildings where Veterans reside. If any volunteer have a large truck and would like to support the delivery at the Veteran housing facilities, please contact Rasheem Howell at Mission United to coordinate.

Type

Support Event

What To Wear

TMC Blue shirt, Face Mask, closed toe shoes

What to Bring

Water and Face Masks