Vallarta Supermarkets, one of the largest Latino-owned
supermarket chains in California, announced today it will donate $75,000 to local nonprofit organizations serving children, seniors, and families this holiday season, including Meals on Wheels in Pasadena, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
“This donation will help organizations continue to help our most
vulnerable in the community,” Andrew Lewis, vice president of marketing for Vallarta Supermarkets, said in a statement. “We hope these donations express the gratitude and support we have for all our communities.”
The Vallarta Supermarket Gonzalez Family Foundation previously donated $150,000 to local charities helping families and seniors who have faced financial hardship throughout the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the chain’s total donations to approximately $225,000.
Other organizations scheduled to receive donations include:
- MEND Food Bank, Pacoima
- Meals on Wheels of San Fernando Valley, VIC, Van Nuys
- Meals on Wheels, Downey
- Meals on Wheels, Whittier
- Meals on Wheels-Santa Clarita Valley
- Simi Valley Council on Aging
- Park Avenue Community Center, Escondido
- San Diego Food Bank
- Meals on Wheels-City of Oxnard
- Meals on Wheels America, Santa Maria
- High Desert Second Chance, Hesperia
- The Victor Valley Community Services Council, Victorville
- Fresno-Madera Agency on Aging Food Bank
- Meals on Wheels America-Bakersfield Senior Center
- Community Action Partnership of Madera County
- City of Delano Senior Center
- City of Tulare Senior Community Center
- CSET Senior Services, Visalia
- Indio Senior Center
- Graces Resources, Lancaster;
- Meals on Wheels America-Orange County, Anaheim
- St. Francis Center Food Bank, Los Angeles
- City of Baldwin Park-Senior Center