May connected HACDB with Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM), and a public-private partnership providing free food assistance for Housing Authority residents was born.

On Monday, food was distributed for the second consecutive week by Housing Authority employees to residents in the Palmetto Park, Caroline Village, Northwood Village, Northwood Village II, Walnut Oak, Windsor and Maley housing developments.

In the next three weeks, we look to ramp up to three times our normal distribution of food,” explained Buck James, HUM’s executive director.

The food was bagged on Monday at the Ocean Center by HUM employees, volunteers from churches such as Our Lady of Lourdes, First United Methodist and others, other volunteers in the community and HACDB employees.

The food came from Volusia County funding, Second Harvest Food Bank, donations received by HUM and other donations.