GLENDALE, Calif.–LAFCU raised $15,100 for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank this past August.
The fundraising focused on collecting monetary donations in our branches, by phone, through the transfer/donation tab in our mobile app and online banking and from a PayPal link on the CU’s website.
A total of $10,100 was initially raised; then an additional $5,000 was matched from the Los Angeles Charitable Association, Inc. (LACA), a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity. Every $25 raised or donated paid for 100 meals for LA County residents facing food insecurity.
At the Food Bank warehouse south of downtown Los Angeles, a team of 17 LAFCU volunteers helped pack 285 boxes of cabbage & 155 boxes of potatoes. This amount will feed one meal each to 2,200 people who will each get a five-pound bag of food.