Pasadena Center Operating Company Delivers Meals to Local Students
  • April 1, 2020

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    PASADENA, CA — From March 28-29, the Pasadena Center Operating Company (PCOC) along with Centerplate, the exclusive food and beverage provider for the Pasadena Convention Center and Pasadena Civic Auditorium, prepared, delivered and distributed 3,100 healthy meals for students of the Pasadena Unified School District.

    (L-r): Michael Ross, CEO of Pasadena Center Operating Company; Jennifer Dominguez; Margie Christ, HR Director of PCOC; Layla Tulloch; Naz Sabripour, Executive Director of the Pasadena Convention Center; Heather Peron; Tyron Hampton, City of Pasadena Vice Mayor and PCOC Board Chair; and Jeanne Goldschmidt, Executive Director of the Pasadena Convention & Visitors Center. Photo credit: PCOC

    According to the PCOC, the call-to-action to support local schools and the community during the COVID-19 crisis will continue over the next three weekends — April 4-5, 11-12 and 18-19 — throughout the Pasadena area at seven distribution sites.

    “The PCOC is happy to help in this time of crisis,” said Michael Ross, CEO of the PCOC. “It has been a pleasure to work with the City of Pasadena, Rose Bowl Operating Company and our partners at Centerplate to coordinate and set the program in motion quickly. I am most proud of the number of PCOC staff that have stepped up to volunteer at this time of need.”

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    Convention Center/ CVB News