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FPFC DECEMBER CHARITY LUNCHEON
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Sheraton Cerritos
Master of Ceremonies, Bryan Presley of Albertsons with Darrin Wadman of Fidelity Melon.
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council held the An- nual Holiday Luncheon & Charity Auction on Wednesday, December 7 at the Sheraton Cerritos with more than 300 attendees. With our members
in the giving spirit, we raised more than $60,000
for Brighter Bites and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
The luncheon began with a silent auction and moved into presentations from Rich Dachman of Brighter Bites and Claudia Keller of Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
2022 FPFC Chair Kori Martin stated “Brighter Bites and Second Harvest both very much align with the FPFC’s mission of connecting people that impact our industry and increasing produce consumption to our communities who need it most; which is why we chose to fundraise for them at this luncheon.”
Proceeding the presentations from Brighter Bites
and Second Harvest, the live auction began with guest auction hosts, Shonna Williams of Cardenas Markets and Marvin Quebec of Quebec Distributing Co. Attendees bid on retail outings from Albertsons, Cardenas Markets, Grocery Outlet, Northgate Gon- zalez Market, Raley’s, Safeway, Sprouts, Stater Bros. Markets, and Vallarta Supermarkets.
Thank you to our sponsors of the luncheon, and thank you to our retailer partners that donated their time for the auction: Albertsons, Cardenas Markets, Grocery Outlet, Northgate Gonzalez Market, Raley’s, Safeway, Sprouts, Stater Bros. Markets, and Vallarta Supermarkets.
The next Fresh Produce & Floral Council event is the January 18 Membership Luncheon at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, California. Registration is now open at: https://www.fpfc.org/event/membership- luncheon-2/
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