Operation BBQ Relief packs 113,000 meals for Jamaica with surprise help from Pinellas Park city workers

The Brief

  • Dozens of Pinellas Park city workers helped Operation BBQ Relief pack thousands of meals for families in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa.
  • About 80 city workers signed up for one-to-two-hour shifts Thursday.
  • The boxes are being transported to Miami and flown to Kingston, Jamaica to be distributed to families.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. From counting packets to filling boxes, dozens of volunteers and Pinellas Park city employees teamed up to help pack food supplies for Jamaica.

What we know:

The non-profit Operation BBQ Relief packed meals on Thursday at a Pinellas Park warehouse to send to Jamaica so families in need on the island won’t have to worry about food, following the devastating blow from Hurricane Melissa.

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