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The Kiwanis Club of Homestead-South Dade, one of South Florida’s most active community service organizations, recently joined Miami Dade County Farm Share, GFWC Woman’s Club of Homestead and the City of Homestead to feed more than 500 families in a pre-
Thanksgiving Farm Share Food Distribution drive-through at the Malibu Bay Clubhouse.
Headed up by Homestead Councilmember Erica G. Ávila, current Lt. Governor for District 26 of the Florida District of Kiwanis, the event benefitted families throughout the area, but specifically those in the Malibu Bay and Waterstone communities. This was the third food distribution at the clubhouse location since the pandemic hit.
“This was an incredibly successful event,” Ávila said as she surveyed the blocks-long line of cars. “It was especially important to help the people of Malibu Bay and Waterstone, who, like everyone else, has been affected by the economic slowdown brought on by COVID-19 but are often forgotten when relief efforts are coordinated. Prior to COVID, we’ve never had food distributions on this side of town in our communities so I took the opportunity to bring Farm Share here the first chance we got. And none of it would be possible without all the partnerships involved, especially the cooperation from Malibu Bay leaders and the clubhouse staff who were instrumental in our set-up needs.”
Kiwanis members were joined by service members from nearby Homestead Air Reserve Base.
Cars, with their trunks open, pulled into the semi-circular driveway in front of the clubhouse, stopping at each food station to get a variety of food including breads, canned goods, chickens, orange juice, and bags of potatoes. At each stop, in addition to the food, drivers received Thanksgiving wishes from the Kiwanis members.
“We wanted the families to know that we care about them,” Ávila said. “We made sure they know that we’re there for them and we’re all in this together.”
