Volunteer corps helping Los Angeles food kitchen distribute meals, diapers amid increased need

At the Los Angeles Regional Food Kitchen, a staff member said volunteers are preparing meals and distributing diapers to children and seniors because many people lack stoves or kitchen utensils.

“The diapers for kids, diapers for seniors need to get prepared meals because people don't have stoves, don't have access to their their their kitchen utensils,” said Speaker 2, a staff member.

The speaker said the volunteer effort is part of what they described as the largest volunteer corps in the United States, larger than the Peace Corps, and credited service programs for helping meet needs at the food bank. “We created we have the largest volunteer corps in the United States of America. It's larger than the peace corps. It's a point of real pride,” Speaker 2 said.

Speaker 2 added that members from a climate corps program were reassigned to assist at the food bank and that a college corps program requires 450 hours of service and awards $10,000 grants to participants. “We have climate core members in the spirit of the conversation quite literally that were reassigned and are now here at the food bank. We have college corps members, 450 hours, $10,000 grants. It's the largest. It's the only, college corps of its type in this country,” the staff member said.

A different speaker at the same event, identified here as Speaker 1, described the site and urged attention to its significance in light of recent events. “So we are in the Los Angeles Regional Food Kitchen right now. Talk about the significance of this place in light of what's happened,” Speaker 1 said.

Speakers emphasized volunteer service as a response to immediate needs at the food kitchen and framed service programs as part of broader relief and community support. No formal actions, votes, statutes, or specific funding sources were mentioned in the transcript excerpt provided.