- October 30, 2024
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by: Tyler Jarnagin
Communications Officer, city of Palm Coast
The city of Palm Coast raised $18,380 in the first 48 hours of the Mayor’s Feed Palm Coast Initiative and is setting a goal of $30,000. All funds collected will go toward purchasing more food to distribute to the community.
"I am incredibly proud to see the tremendous response from our community in the early stages of this food drive," Mayor Milissa Holland said. "Palm Coast is rising up to meet an unbelievably important need and I am excited to see this initiative continue to grow over the next two weeks.”
Residents can donate money online at https://fullsite.palmcoastgov.com/events/riseuppalmcoast or call Customer Service at 386-986-2360.
The city of Palm Coast and Parkview Church will be accepting food donations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Friday, May 1, at these two locations:
These same two locations will be the points of distribution for residents on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Examples of acceptable donation items include:
Due to the massive scale of the initiative and the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, careful planning has been set for the safety of both residents and volunteers, and a traffic flow pattern has been created for the May 2 event.
Flagler Sheriff’s Office deputies and City traffic control will be on hand to help direct residents, and there will also be large, electronic traffic message boards present to make the access points clear.
Residents who come to accept the food donations on Saturday, May 2, must follow traffic control directions, stay in their vehicles, pop their trunks and allow volunteers to place the bagged food items in the trunks. Volunteers will be wearing appropriate PPE, such as gloves and masks.
“I want to thank everyone who has donated food or money to ‘Feed Palm Coast’ from the bottom of my heart,” Mayor Holland said. “Every single item and every single dollar counts — the impact you are making cannot be overstated. Let’s keep this momentum going and produce a historic result for our community on May 2.”
