Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, traveled to Puerto Rico this week to inaugurate the new 30,600 square-foot facilities of the Food Bank of Puerto Rico in Carolina, at an investment of more than $3 million. Because Feeding America is the largest organization for the mitigation of hunger in the United States, her trip to […]
Aware of the need that still exists in the towns of Guánica, Guayanilla, Ponce, Peñuelas, Lajas and Sabana Grande affected by January’s earthquakes — which the Food Bank of Puerto Rico estimates at more than 10,000 people — initiatives are still being created to collect the greatest amount of donations of essential items for the […]
The seismic emergency Puerto Rico recently experienced should put the island on alert on the need to ensure food security for the entire population, Denise Santos, president of the Food Bank of Puerto Rico said. The Bank has distributed 150,000 pounds of food to earthquakes victims in the southwest in addition to the 13.4 million […]