Feeding South Florida – the leading domestic hunger-relief organization in South Florida – is working to ensure those impacted by Hurricane Ian across the State of Florida have clean water and meals ready to eat. The organization is working with families in Florida who were impacted by the storm, as well as sharing its resources to help its sister food banks in other parts of the state. Feeding South Florida is deploying its team members and equipment to the affected areas. Harry Chapin is not flooded, but Feeding South Florida is sending its generator so they can have power in the Naples facility. The response is a coordinated response with Feeding Florida food banks across Florida. Feeding South Florida is the closest food bank to the area and has been asked to respond to the needs in this community. Feeding South Florida’s operations team has already loaded meals ready to eat, water, and snacks into a 36-foot trailer and deliver the much-needed food and water to the families. Due to damage on highways, Feeding South Florida is the only food bank in the state who can access the affected areas via I-75 (Alligator Alley) at this time. Feeding South Florida is on standby and expected to make additional food, water and supply deliveries. The first truck will arrive at Island Coast High School in Cape Coral at 4 p.m. today, Sept. 29. With over 2.6 million without power in Florida, Feeding South Florida’s state-of-the-art, 5,000-square-foot community kitchen is ready to ship 4,000 meals to the affected areas and ready to prepare up to 3,000 meals per day for families on the West Coast. The organization partners with 300 nonprofit partner agencies throughout its quad-county service area – Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and providing support for 25% of the state’s food insecure population. The nonprofit’s mission is to not only end hunger in South Florida but to aid those in need during emergency situations like this.