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Laporta Backs Barça Meal Donation Drive, Declares January Window Closed

The effort, proposed by sporting director Deco, sends prepared meals from club canteens to Santa Anna three days a week.

Overview

  • Barcelona’s president visited the Santa Anna parish and helped serve food during the club’s weekly donation distribution.
  • Since January 7, a van with three volunteers has collected prepared portions from La Masia and the first-team canteen three times per week for delivery to the parish.
  • Fundació Barça coordinates the program with Rotary-ALPAN and catering provider Saned, producing extra food to provide full meals rather than leftovers.
  • Santa Anna supports more than 400 people daily and roughly 3,000 annually, offering meals along with medical, mental-health, and legal or employment guidance.
  • Laporta said the January window is effectively closed after signing João Cancelo and renewing Fermín to 2031, and he ruled out exits for Marc Bernal and Marc Casadó as the team marked Champions League top-eight qualification.