Monterey Bay FC helps volunteers for Rancho Cielo Veggie Box Fundraiser
Jeanette Bent
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — A Salinas nonprofit is wrapping up its annual fundraiser that aims to feed local families in need.
On Wednesday, Rancho Cielo Veggie Box Fundraiser got some helping hands from Monterey Bay FC!
The team helped Rancho Cielo box-up fresh produce for their 10th annual fundraiser.
“I mean, it’s amazing because I feel like sometimes in the food industry a lot of it goes to waste,” said Adrian Rebollar, Monterey Bay FC’s midfielder. “So, to be able to gather this and be able hand it out to people who probably could make good use of [the meals], is a really good thing.”
Volunteers getting out there bright and early before 8 a.m. and loading thousands of boxes up with brussel sprouts, cabbages, strawberries and more.
Rancho Cielo says the boxes are more than just healthy food; each item is a symbol of the region’s agricultural backbone.
The players were more than happy to do their part in assembling the 1,500 veggie boxes, picked up over the past two days.
Rancho Cielo says their goal is to reach 50,000 boxes, which will reach families who need them through other local nonprofits.