A Las Vegas nonprofit is celebrating Lunar New Year by giving back.
The Asian Community Development Council is planning to distribute 1,000 boxes of culturally-relevant food to the local Asian Pacific Islander community on Sunday for the Lunar New Year food distribution event.
Duc Phan, a retired Vietnamese American who lives in Las Vegas, said he is excited to pick up his food box on Sunday.
“Asian food for New Year means reunion and family,” Phan said.
KTNV Phan said he is glad he found this resource because he typically traveled back to Vietnam for New Year’s.
“It means a lot, sharing the love in the community” Phan said.
Edelweiss Solano, the director of outreach at ACDC, said the annual Lunar New Year food distribution event sees an increasing demand every year.
“This shows with the increasing number of clients we have served. There is still a need for resources,” Solano said.
Solano said many AAPI members in Southern Nevada struggle with food insecurity but she hopes that isn’t the case this Lunar New Year.