Healthy Souls International, a disaster relief nonprofit that helped feed people in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico after intense hurricanes devastated the islands, plans to take on a new cause: an afterschool program for at-risk youth.
The program will be open to up to 20 high school students across Volusia County who might be homeless or on probation. The teens can be referred through school counselors, probation officers or other officials.
The new cause hits close to home for the founder of the nonprofit, who had a car accident that wiped out her finances when her youngest of three children was in his final year of high school.
With another food drive set for Saturday, Healthy Souls International hopes to collect enough canned and dried goods to feed seniors and those with Covid-19.
The food drive, one of several that have taken place amid the coronavirus pandemic, will unfold from 9 a.m. to noon in the Dunlawton Plaza parking lot in Port Orange.
Healthy Souls International, a disaster relief nonprofit that helped feed people in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico after strong hurricanes devastated the islands, has stepped up to deliver groceries since the onset of the pandemic to those confined to their homes.
Many nonprofits have seen the demand for food assistance surge over the past nine months. While the need has not diminished, Healthy Souls International has begun to run low on donations.