The Salvation Army and Walmart have teamed up for the "Fill the Truck" campaign, urging the public to donate toys to Puerto Rico children whose families are economically disadvantaged.
September is hunger awareness month and with that in mind, Walmart Puerto Rico recently donated a refrigerated truck to the Puerto Rico Food Bank, a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 to meet the food needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged children, the sick and needy.
Walmart Puerto Rico has reached an agreement with agribusiness Gargiulo Farms in Santa Isabel, to buy more than 9,000 pounds of pineapples weekly, “reaffirming its commitment to the island’s economic and the creation of jobs,” said Viviana Mercado, corporate affairs representative for the retailer.
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