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When the rent is due, South Philly restaurant owners donate food to meet the cooking needs of Latino families

Organizers packed 350 despensas with rice, beans, milk, eggs, flour tortillas, hot peppers, and soups for Latino families in South Philly, to help them with food supplies when the rent is due.

Miguel Vera Peña hands a despensa (a pack of food for Central American and Mexican populations) to a person waiting for the donation at the Los Taquitos de Puebla III in South Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Miguel Vera Peña hands a despensa (a pack of food for Central American and Mexican populations) to a person waiting for the donation at the Los Taquitos de Puebla III in South Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2020.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer