California Giant BBQ’s For Local Charities

Watsonville, CA – Everyone at California Giant Berry Farms rolled up their sleeves earlier this week to host a Community BBQ supporting three local charitable organizations. This year marks the 7th annual Skirt Steak Fundraiser BBQ held at California Giant offices in Watsonville and provide to be the biggest one yet.

Over 800 lunches were prepared by the California Giant staff served to members of the community benefiting Jacob’s Heart Foundation , (a children’s cancer support organization) Children’s Hospice and the Women’s Crisis Center who had representatives on hand at the event to help distribute information about their organizations and sell drinks to those enjoying lunch at California Giant. All three organizations support families in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.

Much of the food and supplies for the event were either donated or sponsored by local companies and vendor partners of California Giant including Pactiv Corp., Watsonville Coast Produce, Cool-Pak, FDS, , Church Brothers, Taylor Farms, Custom Produce and Golden Sheaf Bread.

“It was great to see our employees working together to support these very worthy organizations, and bring so many members of our community together for a good cause”, says Bill Moncovich, President of California Giant. “We continue to be impressed by our staff as they show passion for volunteerism and support the community with a variety of fundraisers all year long” adds Pat Riordan, Co-Owner of the company.

At the end of the day, the Company BBQ held by California Giant Berry Farms staff raised over $8300 for the local organizations. Additional events are planned for the rest of the summer that will add to the funds raised to share with these organizations and a others within the community. California Giant has a fund raising culture at the company and the staff work together all year long raising funds with the encouragement and support of company owners to give back to the community.

Source: California Giant Berry Farms