MIAMI (WSVN) - Thousands of people lined up in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood to get their hands on a free food basket from CAMACOL.
7News cameras filmed an estimated 3,000 people waiting outside the Latin Chamber of Commerce, early Wednesday morning, near 14th Avenue and West Flagler Street.
Doors opened at around 7:30 a.m., and the food baskets were handed out to people who received a voucher on Dec. 4.
Each basket has enough items to feed up to 10 people.
People in line talked about who they will be sharing their basket with.
“My kids, my mom, my husband, my aunt, my sisters,” said Mercedes Roque, “pretty much the whole family.”
“I invite a bunch of people over,” said a man described as a New England native. “I feed everybody in the building, pretty much. I do the same thing Thanksgiving. I make about 50 dinners.”
CAMACOL is still going strong. In its 34th year, residents look forward to the event and holiday baskets. We are glad to assist by managing crowd control and traffic. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/4122IKIUeL
— Miami PD (@MiamiPD) December 18, 2019
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush also helped distribute goods at the event.
@JebBush is in Little Havana helping give away food at this year’s CAMACOL holiday basket food drive @wsvn @Camacol_org pic.twitter.com/38RDR6FCN4
— Lorena Estrada (@EstradaLorena) December 18, 2019
CAMACOL thanks their sponsors who help them provide food and other necessities to those in need.
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