Lionel Messi donates wedding leftover foods and drinks to charity

Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has donated all the leftover food and beverages from his wedding to charity, according to Rosario Food Bank president Nadia Nazer on Friday.

Messi got married to his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo in their home town of Rosario, Argentina, on Friday June 30 with 260 guests in attendance, including some of Barcelona and Argentina teammates like Neymar, Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner made sure nothing was wasted after the party as he donanted the left over to charity.

For us any type of donation is very well received and to be honest, we are very happy that they took us into consideration, Nazer told Rosario-based newspaper La Capital.

One of the wedding organisers got in contact with our executive director, Pablo Algrain, to offer us snacks, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks.

We told them that we had to exchange the alcoholic beverages for money as we cannot give them to institutions.

We have friends who own bars and they buy them from us and that allows us to transform it into money as a donation to the food bank, he added.

According to La Capital newspaper, this is not the first act of solidarity that the couple showed on their big day, with Messi and Roccuzzo requesting of guests in their invitation to donate to Techo instead of buying them gifts in a message that reportedly said:

In order to transform our joy to an act of solidarity, in place of a gift, we ask you to donate to Techo.

Techo is a non-profit organisation that works in South America and the Caribbean to help families living in extreme poverty.