Every November, Flo Rida comes home — not for a concert, but for a packing line.
On Saturday, November 14, the Miami Gardens-raised artist's annual Thanksgiving drive returns to Studio 183 in Miami Gardens, where partners and volunteers will assemble hundreds of Thanksgiving baskets — turkey, stuffing, and the full spread — each one sized to serve a family of 10. This year's goal: 300 baskets, which means 300 tables where the holiday shows up complete.
The drive has become a fixture of the neighborhood's November, and the coalition behind it is pure South Florida: law firms Kelley | Uustal — joining for the third year in a row — Miller/Jacobs P.A., and Reginald A. Mathis & Associates; the Beta Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; The Breakfast Club; International Music Group; Strong Arm; Studio 183; and 103.5 The Beat with iHeartRadio.
There's a reason the drive lands in Miami Gardens: it's the community that raised him, and the give-back is deliberately local — neighbors packing for neighbors, a few streets from where he grew up. In a month when Miami's generosity mostly runs on volunteers, this is one of its loudest, happiest assembly lines. Show up Saturday and you'll leave with tired arms and the good kind of full.
