Ralphs and Food 4 Less are working with Avocados from Peru this month as part of Hunger Action Month.
September is Hunger Action Month and as part of that the companies are teaming up to make a difference for those in need in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Avocados — 26,000 of them — are being donated in the Inland Empire.
On Monday, Sept. 26, 13,000 fresh avocados were delivered to Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County and 13,000 more were delivered to Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino in Riverside.
Russell Johnson, left, of Kingdom Culture talks with Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, as a worker loads a pallet of avocados and other fresh produce, eggs and bread into the back of a pickup truck at Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County. Ralphs and Food 4 Less are working with Avocados from Peru this month as part of Hunger Action Month and donated 26,000 avocados to Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County and Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Darryl Johnson, program director at Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County speaks on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, during an event at Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County after the organization received 13,000 avocados donated from Ralphs and Food 4 Less and Avocados from Peru. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A donation of 26,000 avocados was made to Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County and Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Ralphs and Food 4 Less are working with Avocados from Peru this month as part of Hunger Action Month. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Sunny Reelhorn Parr, director of corporate affairs for Ralphs and Food 4 Less, speaks on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, during an event at Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County after the organization received 13,000 avocados donated from Ralphs and Food 4 Less and Avocados from Peru. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, speaks on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, during an event at Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County after the group received 13,000 avocados donated from Ralphs and Food 4 Less and Avocados from Peru. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Avocados along with other fresh produce and eggs and bread are loaded on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, by Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino County workers in San Bernardino. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The avocados will be given to families in San Bernardino County, according to a news release.
“Access to safe and nutritious meals occasionally means some very special fruits and vegetables like what we have in front of us here,” Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, said Monday as the donations were underway.
“Fighting hunger” takes all of us, said Sunny Reelhorn Parr, director of corporate affairs for Ralphs and Food 4 Less, in the news release. The grocery chain emphasizes zero hunger and zero waste and acknowledges the unique role the grocer plays across the food system, according to the release.
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