Mobile Markets: Lifting Livest throughout Florida
To meet the increased need for food in our community, due
to job layoffs from COVID-19, we started providing UP
Mobile Markets to get groceries to people who need it
quickly and safely. We targeted communities identified as
food deserts and partnered with government agencies and
other nonprofits to staff the events. The first two events
served 800 families by providing 10 tons of food that
became available because of food service businesses
closing or scaling back. We have also secured Farmers to
Family food boxes from the USDA through the end of the
year to keep this mobile program going as families continue
to adjust to the economic struggle created by COVID-19. UP
Orlando has hosted two Mobile Market events so far with
plans to have two per month through the end of the year.
