Magnolia Project People’s Choice Pantry provides free food and cooking classes to families fighting food insecurity.
IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — A South Bay woman is opening her heart and doors to families struggling with food insecurity. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Imperial Beach to circle back on a promise kept.
After nearly two years of hard work and much anticipation by South Bay residents facing food insecurity, Magnolia Project 1:1 The People’s Choice Pantry is open to the public. For 13 years, rain or shine Regina Gamboa fed the homeless on the streets. “We’ve got cheese crackers some more protein and we always have to have our fruit,” said Regina when I met her in 2021.
Regina told me at that time her dream was to open a no cost food pantry. “I told you when I met you in 2021 that this was our dream and we were going to do this,” said Regina at …