Overview
- Food is being distributed Friday from 10 a.m. to noon on a first-come, first-served basis at John Prince Park in Lake Worth Beach.
- Each vehicle may pick up for no more than two households, with entry at the Eric Call Pavilion via 4759 Congress Ave.
- Volunteers planned to serve up to 1,000 households, and cars began lining up early as demand increased.
- Palm Beach County partnered with the Palm Beach County Food Bank and United Way to run the drive-through operation.
- The Food Bank reports about 160,000 county SNAP recipients are not receiving benefits and cites 192,000 food-insecure residents, while a federal judge ordered full SNAP funding for November.