Hundreds of farm workers and their families affected by freeze to benefit Food Donation to Aid Citrus Freeze Farm Workers
What: UFW Foundation volunteers will be giving out non-perishable food items to hundreds of farm workers and their families affected by the citrus freeze today. This is the first food distribution in Kern County on behalf of the UFW Foundation. Last month’s freezing temperatures will leave approximately 28,000 farm workers jobless in the San Joaquin Valley alone.
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007
10 a.m. to noon
10300 San Diego Street
Lamont, CA
Who: Arturo Rodriguez, UFW Foundation Board Chair
Diana Tellefson, UFW Foundation Executive Director
UFW Foundation Volunteers
Visuals: Farm workers and their families affected by the citrus freeze disaster receiving food donations.