MONROE COUNTY, FL – Monroe County Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Lincoln, as part of her induction as president of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC), will be bringing to the Florida Keys from the annual conference in Orlando 350 tote bags filled with kid-friendly foods for local students.

Out of the almost 100 years the Florida Association of Counties has been serving the 67 counties of Florida, this is the first time Monroe County will be represented at this executive level. One of the perks of the presidency is a “stuff the bus” like campaign for the president-elect’s county.

Lincoln reached out to United Way of Collier and the Florida Keys earlier this year to assess the needs of students. While pencils and paper can be in high demand, she was told about the food insecurities many students face after school and on the weekends. Instead of “stuffing the bus” with school supplies this year, Lincoln requested the help of Comcast, the event sponsor, and the conference vendors to help her stuff bags with non-perishable, kid-friendly foods that local Monroe County food pantries could help distribute to children over the summer.

And, did the vendors deliver!

More than 350 bags were stuffed by event attendees in Orlando to be brought back to the Florida Keys in under an hour. The bags are filled to the top with juices, crackers, peanut butter, rice snacks, and other healthy and fun snacks.

Lincoln, along with other Monroe County commissioners, will be at KAIR in Marathon on Monday, June 30 at 10 a.m. to hand the bags over to the local food pantries across Monroe County.

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