Project Boon plans food distribution beginning on Sunday

Project Boon, a nonprofit organization based in Rancho Cucamonga, will hold a drive-through Easter food distribution beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at The Hitch Burger Grill, 10789 Arrow Route, Rancho Cucamonga.

The event will provide groceries for Easter dinner preparation for people in need, plus Easter baskets for children.

Project Boon, which normally holds several events a year, distributing food, school supplies and more, converted events to drivethroughs after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Despite the 2020 pandemic, we remained committed to our purpose of giving back,” Chris

Suchánek, executive director of Project Boon, said in a news release. “We worked together, pivoted and ended up serving more people with fewer volunteers than in past years.”

Project Boon organized five events in 2020 and took advantage of its partnership with The Hitch Burger Grill to hold drivethrough events.

“Since Hitch Burger was deemed essential because of its drive-through, we realized that all of the year’s big plans didn’t need to be scrapped, just re-imagined,” Joel Clelland, chairman of Project Boon’s board of directors, said in the news release.

“Four of five events centered on providing groceries to families. And it’s a humbling sight to see a line of 300 cars spanning a mile long, waiting for assistance. It was proof just how important it was for Project Boon to continue operations during the pandemic,” Clelland said.

Project Boon served 20,000 meals in 2020 and distributed thousands of cases of water, pairs of socks, backpacks filled with school supplies, Christmas toys and health resource packets, according to the news release. The group also gave red roses to mothers on Mother’s Day.

Project Boon aims to serve at least 30,000 meals in 2021 and bring additional resources to underserved and in-need communities, including health resources.

For information, or to volunteer or donate, go to projectboon.org.