San Benito restaurants and volunteers have given hundreds of San Benito County families meals just before Christmas. The groups partnered with the Community Foodbank of San Benito to distribute bags full of spaghetti, salads, and cookies to those in need. The group handed out enough food to feed 1,300 people.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints donated the pasta, according to Sarah Nordwick, director of community outreach for the Community Foodbank of San Benito.
The chef for the project was Raul Escareno, the co-owner of Mangia, an Italian restaurant in Hollister.
Escareno said that he has kids of his own and can’t imagine his own kids going to bed with empty stomachs. He didn’t want to have anyone else go through that.
Escareno said the groups will be working to put another food distribution together for San Benito County residents after the New Year.
