Real Estate Firm Donates 25,000 Pounds of Food To Center For Food Action In Mahwah

A high-end real estate firm has donated thousands of pounds of food to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah as part of the non-profit’s donation campaign.

An anonymous donor who knows Mahwah Mayor Bill Laforet was slated to give 9,000 pounds of food, but instead doubled the donation to 18,000 pounds. The food was donated through Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, which is running its month-long food drive being run with Move For Hunger, a non-profit that picks up unwanted and unopened food from people who are moving and brings it to local food banks.

“Hunger is prevalent in our communities. It used to be the middle class donating to the Center for Food Action and now the middle class is going to the CFA for food,” Laforet said. “This is the season and the perfect opportunity provided through Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty to step forward and give back to those in need. This food drive is both significant and an achievement for them to do something so great for the community.”

The 18,000-pound donation was transported to to the CFA’s Mahwah location via a tractor-trailer Friday.

“It was just amazing and almost overwhelming to see this huge truck with so much food,” said Linda Somwaru, assistant manager of the CFA’s Mahwah location. “We are so thrilled Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty has partnered with us and it is wonderful to see the company and community leaders’ tremendous motivation towards helping those in need.”

Sotheby’s is expected to exceed its goal of donating 25,000 pounds of food to the CFA.

(Pictured, from left: Sotheby’s International Realty Saddle River Regional Office Vice President Daniel Weixeldorfer, left, Mahwah Mayor William Laforet, and Center for Food Action Mahwah site manager Jim James/Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty)