Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties Partners with Wal-Mart, VCSO, and Daytona International Speedway to Help Hungry

A Message from Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties Executive Director Rabbi Dr. Rob Lennick,

The Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties is joining forces with Sheriff Chitwood and the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, Daytona International Speedway, Walmart and community donors to help people affected by cuts and delays to food stamp funding from the federal government.

There are about 38,000 households in Volusia County that count on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that’s affected by the government shutdown.

These are working families with lower incomes, seniors on fixed incomes, disabled adults, veterans, and most of all, kids, all across our county.

Today, I met with our community partners to come up with a game plan.

That’s where you come in. We’re working on funding and food donations. So far, we have secured $15,000 from the Volusia Sheriff’s Foundation, Volusia Sheriff’s Youth Foundation and the Jewish Federation.

We’ll also be at the Speedway all day this Saturday (11/8) collecting non-perishable food contributions between 9AM and 5PM.

If you can’t make it, you can also give to the cause here:

https://www.mightycause.com/story/Food-Bank-Appeal.

We’re planning the food distribution event for verified SNAP recipients on Sunday (11/9), also at the Speedway between 11AM and 5 PM.

Much more to come on this, so please stay tuned and we’ll keep you in the loop! THANK YOU to all involved in making this happen!