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 our 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.
On Saturday, September 23, 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 5 lb bag of food.
Since its inception 50 years ago in 1973, the Food Bank has distributed over 1.5 billion meals to food-insecure people in Southern California. The Food Bank has 600 partner agencies in LA County that provide food to 870,000 households every month.
Anyone who lives in the Greater Los Angeles, California Metropolitan area can join LAFCU and take advantage of its financial services. For details, visit www.LAFCU.org, call (877) MY LAFCU (695-2328), or stop by one of their branches.
On 9/23/23, Heri Guzman (left), Volunteer Field Support Coordinator at the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, was presented a $15,100 donation by (l to r) Richard Lie, Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) President/CEO; Anthony Cuevas, LAFCU EVP/COO; and Marty Goodman, LAFCU VP of Marketing & Business Development.