By Brandace Dean,
Hip Rock Star
Each Tuesday for the past four months, thousands of families have received care packages filled with farm-fresh produce and dairy products. Each of the COVID-19 care packages available at the drive-thru food distribution includes fresh fruit, vegetables, and dairy. The care packages are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
The City of Opa-locka has taken active roles in the community over the past months, providing assistance during these unprecedented times. In addition to the food distribution today, the City of Opa-locka, the State of Florida, and Miami-Dade County are continuing to host a walk-up testing site to provide COVID-19 coronavirus testing to symptomatic and asymptomatic members of the public 12 years old and older. The Community Based Testing Site, located at Sherbondy Park, is open daily, seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The CBTS has the ability to conduct 500 tests per day.