At a community food-distribution event in Pico Rivera, volunteers and members of the Christmas Baskets committee distributed about 1,005 boxes of holiday food to residents, organizers said.

"It's good to be here with my colleagues and staff and all the volunteers to, thank the Christmas baskets committee for once again bringing this annual event," said Speaker 1, who opened the event by thanking volunteers and city staff. Organizers said the boxes were assembled with city support.

The distribution relied on a mix of unpaid volunteers: seniors who raised money throughout the year and high school students who helped load boxes into cars. "We have high school students that volunteer to actually do the heavy lifting," said Speaker 2. Rancho High School students were specifically cited as supporting the event.

Organizer remarks said the committee operates a thrift store at 5018 Passons Boulevard next to the Chamber of Commerce to raise funds and accept donations. "From that money is what we, throughout the year, at the end of the year, we buy the food," Speaker 5 said. Because local food banks were short of inventory this year, organizers said they purchased additional food from a warehouse, spending "over $12,000 from our treasury." The committee described its treasury as small and said those funds came in part from contributions by the Pico Rivera Women's Club and local seniors.

Speakers emphasized assistance to people experiencing homelessness and to families with children. "We also help the homeless of Pico Rivera — we provide them with clothing, shoes, blankets," Speaker 5 said, describing services that accompany the food distribution.

Organizers asked for additional volunteers to staff the thrift store and distribution effort and thanked named volunteers, including "Christina," for keeping the store open. The distribution was described as a city-supported collaboration among volunteers, the Christmas Baskets committee and local students.

The event organizers did not give a calendar date in the transcript provided. The committee gave two slightly different descriptions of the number of boxes — "over 1,000" and "about 1,005" — and the article reports the higher-specific figure as an approximation. The organizers also did not identify speakers by full name in the transcript; attributions use speaker labels from the transcript.