Standup comic Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias collected an unprecedented amount of canned goods for the San Antonio Food Bank with a hastily arranged benefit concert held Sunday afternoon, officials with the nonprofit said.
The comedian’s show at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club pulled in 16,000 pounds of food, Food Bank Chief Philanthropy Officer Michael Guerra told the Current. He said the haul surpassed any other local canned-food drives organized as concerts or benefit shows.
“It was pretty incredible,” Guerra said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. It was a historic amount.”…