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Jessica Woolford, founder of community mutual aid group, Kingsbridge Unidos, Latanya DeVaughn, founder of Bronx Bound Books and representatives from State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (S.D. 34) held a food and book giveaway in Kingsbridge on Friday, Oct. 29. The event took place at 4 p.m. at 824 Broadway between 238th and 239th Streets.
Together, they group delivered fresh produce, books and resources to around 100 families. DeVaughn, who started her creative mobile book venture to bring more books to kids across the Bronx, recently brought her Book Mobile to Broadway Family Plaza.
The volunteers began their day packing produce donated by D’Arrigo New York, based out of the Hunts Point Produce Market, at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale earlier in the morning. They then drove to the Broadway Family Plaza to drop off 80 bags of produce to families at the family shelter. Later, volunteers delivered bags of produce to tenants at a residential building on 238th and Broadway at 4 pm.
Representatives from Biaggi’s office participated in the giveaway on behalf of the lawmaker, and additional resources like cutlery and can openers were donated by Food52.
According to Woolford, Kingsbridge Unidos has delivered over 20,000 pounds of fresh produce, along with vital resources in English and Spanish, to neighbors in the community throughout the pandemic.
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