Jacksonville Automobile Dealers Association Donating 2500 Meals to Jacksonville Area Local HeroesÂ
JACKSONVILLE, Fla - 04/23/2020 - The Jacksonville Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) has
contracted a local meal preparation company, Lean Impact Nutrition, to prepare and deliver 2,500 meals
to local frontline heroes dealing with the COVID19 pandemic.Â
Made up of 62 dealerships, and overseen by a Board of Directors, the JADA has a rich history of giving
back over the past 20 yearsto the amount of $2,200,000. JADA traditionally focuses on children and family
charities, but when the COVID19 pandemic hit, the board members knew it was time to show some
appreciation to those on the front line.Â
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   "There are thousands of local frontline heroes in our community, dealing with COVID19 patients daily and
putting themselves at risk for our community," said JADA President Phil Porter. "Providing mealsfor these
local heroes is our way of saying Thank You for their sacrifice and commitment."Â
The meal deliveries kick off this Friday, April 24, 2020, with a noon delivery of 250 meals at Mayo Clinic in
Florida. These 250 meals will serve two shifts of frontline workers and support staff. The meal deliveries
will continue with 500 meals delivered to Wolfson Children's Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville,
and Baptist Medical Center South early next week. JADA continues to make plans to reach out to other
hospital administrators, local police substations, and first responders to complete the mission of
delivering 2500 meals. JADA Board Members will help deliver the meals at the various locations.Â
JADA is excited to collaborate with Lean Impact Nutrition owner Zach Elkins. Elkins has already made it a
personal mission to donate meals to Clay County hospitals over the past few weeks. "We wanted to give
meals to people on the front line, our critical emergency room staff and maybe make their shift a little
better by providing them a healthy meal," explained Elkins.Â
ABOUT JADAÂ
The Jacksonville Automobile Dealers Association Inc. (JADA) is made up of 62 franchise new car & truck
member dealers located in Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns Counties proudly support numerous children
and family charities in Northeast Florida. JADA takes tremendous pride in giving back to our community,
having donated over $2,200,000 to local charities and community service programs on the First Coast over
the past 20 years of giving. Franchised new car dealers remain a major source and generator of tax
revenue, and a principal contributor of both time and money to local charities and civic organizations.
Local Jacksonville Automobile Dealers employ over 5,000 of your friends & neighbors. Learn more about
JADA at www.jadaonline.com.
Press Contact:
Linda Wester
JADA
Linda@jadaonline.com / 904-215-9854Â