Former senior adviser to President Ivanka Trump made her first public appearance on Tuesday since leaving the White House.
Trump helped deliver food boxes in Apopka, Florida, at another event of the previous administration’s “Farmers for Families” food box program, which was implemented last April as part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to help farmers and Americans in need during the COVID 19 pandemic.
The former first daughter met with Pastor Paula White and other local religious and community leaders to help distribute more than 1,300 boxes of food, a source close to Trump told Fox News.
During his visit, Trump delivered boxes to the homes of disadvantaged members of the community who were unable to attend the personal distribution event.
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She also delivered boxes to a local shelter for human trafficking survivors, according to the source.
The shelter called The Lifeboat Project thanked Trump in a statement posted on the shelter’s Instagram account, asking readers to put politics aside and focus on the issue at hand.
“Trafficking in persons is a crime against humanity, and that alone is above politics,” wrote the Lifeboat Project. “Today was a beautiful day to put politics aside on the Lifeboat Project and let faith and truth be our connecting topic. We had the opportunity to fill the room with global leaders and have a conversation about our growing world model.
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The organization thanked “all levels of government, community leaders” and their “partner agencies”.
“It was the beginning of recognizing the truth and showing that faith always overcomes fear,” said the statement.
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The program required the United States Department of Agriculture to purchase fresh produce, dairy products and meat products from American farmers, who then redistributed them to food banks, community organizations, religious organizations and other non-profit organizations serving Americans. needy.
The USDA has delivered more than 144 million boxes of fresh produce, milk, dairy products and cooked meats to families since the program began. The department announced a fifth round of $ 1.5 billion worth of food purchases on January 4, which will be delivered by the end of April.
A list of USDA approved contractors for the fifth round of the food box program can be viewed on the department’s website.