HUNTS POINT
PRODUCE MARKET
BRONX, NEW YORK
Hunts Point Produce Market To Host 5th Annual
“Hunts Point Gives Back”
Community Event
More than 25,000 pounds of holiday offerings to be donated to members
of Hunts Point Community on Saturday, November 16th
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, NOVEMBER 1 BTR 5-21, 2019 33
The merchants at the Hunts Point Produce Market will once again come together to host the Annual
“Hunts Point Gives Back”
to Hunts Point, a Community Event. The event will take place
Saturday, November 16th at 1230 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474
and provide members of the Hunts Point Community with fresh, healthy, seasonal produce in advance of Thanksgiving.
Individual bags will be filled with fresh produce including: baking potatoes, acorn squash, butternut squash, carrots,
ginger, chayote squash, cranberries, garlic, yams, rutabagas, Macintosh apples and oranges.
In addition, each bag will contain helpful, easy recipes.
EVENT DETAILS:
WHAT:
5th Annual “Hunts Point Gives Back” Event – 2000 bags of fresh fruits and
vegetables donated to the local community
WHO:
The merchants and staff from the Hunts Point Produce Market, community leaders,
members of the NYPD 41st Precinct
WHEN:
Saturday, November 16th Noon – 3 pm (as long as supplies last)
WHERE:
Julio Carballo Little League Basketball Court – 1230 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx