POMONA - You could still detect the smiles behind volunteers face masks gathered at Boulder Stadium as the Get Fresh drive-thru food distribution program hit a milestone.
The program and the Rockland Community Against Hunger food recovery initiative have given out 1 million pounds of food to local feeding programs since it ramped up deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic. It s an amazing thing, said volunteer Sue Ann Roeser of Suffern, who donned Mardi Gras beads and a construction paper headband that had 1 million written on it. And wow, a million pounds of food we ve given.
The Rockland Community Against Hunger collaboration of local nonprofits and government agencies launched the Get Fresh program in 2010. The food recovery program was added in 2018.