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Mangoes For The Masses

Published August 14, 2015 at 12:52 PM CDT
Anna Milaeva, founder of Mangoes to Share, and Steven Brownlee pick mangos from a South Miami home last month. Later that day, they donated more than 500 pounds to the Miami Rescue Mission shelters in the city's Wynwood neighborhood. (Alexander Gonzalez/WLRN)
Anna Milaeva, founder of Mangoes to Share, and Steven Brownlee pick mangos from a South Miami home last month. Later that day, they donated more than 500 pounds to the Miami Rescue Mission shelters in the city's Wynwood neighborhood. (Alexander Gonzalez/WLRN)

Mango season is just about over in South Florida, where one group has been spreading the “king of fruits'” wealth. Mangoes to Share has donated more than 700 pounds of mangoes this summer to homeless shelters.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, WLRN’s Alexander Gonzalez reports.

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