Transit Agency Gives Food to the Poor
Bus fares translated into dinner for more than 1,000 impoverished San Gabriel Valley families this holiday season.
Foothill Transit offered a free ride to customers who brought at least one canned food item when boarding the agency’s buses last week. The more than 5,500 cans collected from boxes installed in buses went to the Salvation Army in Pomona and the Foothill Unity Center in Monrovia.
“We felt this would be an appropriate holiday time gesture,” said Nancy Pearl, spokeswoman for the agency that serves 21 San Gabriel Valley cities. “We look forward to doing this again next year.”
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