{"id":6062,"date":"2020-12-24T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/?p=6062"},"modified":"2020-12-24T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:54:21","slug":"los-angeles-rams-pechanga-partner-with-la-regional-food-bank-to-provide-holiday-meals-to-more-than-8000-angelenos-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/los-angeles-rams-pechanga-partner-with-la-regional-food-bank-to-provide-holiday-meals-to-more-than-8000-angelenos-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams, Pechanga Partner with LA Regional Food Bank to Provide Holiday Meals to More than 8,000 Angelenos in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 (Dec. 23, 2020) \u2013 More than 8,000 individuals from the greater Los Angeles area are celebrating the holidays with nutritious food thanks to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, the Los Angeles Rams and Pechanga Resort Casino. For the third drive-thru food distribution event at SoFi Stadium during the 2020 NFL season, the Rams and the LA Regional Food Bank teamed up with Pechanga to provide families in need with holiday meals that featured Don Lee frozen chicken, oranges, potatoes and a shelf stable kit. Each vehicle that drove through the contactless food distribution also received facemasks and personal-size bottles of hand sanitizer. Rams Cheerleaders, Rampage, front office staff and volunteers helped load meal kits in a socially distanced and safe manner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4H6Oc5NHCHw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTens of thousands of Angelenos are hurting from the pain caused by this pandemic,\u201d said Jared Munoa, President of the Pechanga Development Corporation. \u201cOur Tribe knows adversity. We are grateful to provide a little bit of help and hopefully some joy during this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6063\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6063 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8037-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8037-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8037.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pechanga Team Members volunteer to help load food boxes into recipients&#8217; cars at SoFi Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The initiative was part of the Rams\u2019 3rd Annual Community Blitz Day of Service, when the team works alongside community partners during the holidays to host volunteer efforts throughout the greater Los Angeles region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rams are proud to work with community partners such as Pechanga and the LA Regional Food Bank to provide meals to more than 2,000 families during this holiday season,\u201d said Lexi Vonderlieth, Rams Vice President of Partnership Marketing. \u201cTogether, we made the holidays brighter for neighbors who have fallen on hard times as the number of households battling food insecurity continues to rise in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the third distribution at the new SoFi Stadium in partnership with our long-time partners, the LA Rams, and between all three events, more than 7,000 families will have received the healthy food they need,&#8221; said LA Regional Food Bank President and CEO, Michael Flood &#8220;We are thankful to the LA Rams and to Pechanga Resort Casino for collaborating with us on this event to provide food to the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County is home to one of the largest food-insecure populations of any county in the United States. According to the California Food Policy Advocates, before the pandemic, an estimated two million people in the county lived with food insecurity. After the outbreak, that number has increased markedly. The Los Angeles Food Bank now reaches more than 900,000 people each month.<br \/>\nPechanga and the Los Angeles Rams are corporate partners and continually give back to their communities throughout Southern California.<br \/>\nFor more information about how Pechanga has been giving back during the pandemic, visit www.pechanga.com\/community-outreach-during-pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Rams\u2019 community outreach efforts, visit therams.com\/community.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Los Angeles Food Bank, visit LAFoodBank.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 (Dec. 23, 2020) \u2013 More than 8,000 individuals from the greater Los Angeles area are celebrating the holidays with nutritious food thanks to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, the Los Angeles Rams and Pechanga Resort Casino. 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