Goya Foods Donates 10,000 Pounds of Food to St. Cecilia Church Pantry in East Harlem, New York, Ahead of Puerto Rican Day Parade

Goya Foods donated 10,000 pounds of food to the St. Cecilia Church Food Pantry in East Harlem on Wednesday, just days before New York City’s 67th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. The donation, which took place as the parade approaches, is the start of the company’s celebrations for the event.

Goya, which describes itself as the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, is one of the major sponsors of the parade. The parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, and will travel down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

The food donation is part of Goya’s #GoyaGives global initiative, which aims to lighten the load of food-insecure families. At the East Harlem food pantry, the donated food is part of a wider effort to supply households that face difficulty getting enough to eat.

HLX+ volunteers, a national network that connects 64 million U.S.-based Hispanic and Latino people, were brought in to help with the distribution. According to the report, they unloaded food trucks and handed out bags of supplies to local families.

Channel 7 is the broadcast partner of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. David Novarro, Joe Torres and Sunny Hostin will host the broadcast, and Sonia Rincon will report along the parade route.

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