Youth Ending Hunger (YEH) held their fourth lunch packaging event of the year on the quad on Feb. 12.

YEH leader Talia Hannani ’26 said YEH works directly with nearby organizations.

“The purpose of Youth Ending Hunger is to serve our local unhoused community in Studio City,” Hannani said. “Every other week, we package 90 meals and we send them to North Hollywood Food Home Alliance. This packaging event in particular had a good turnout. We were able to complete the sandwiches and packing in 30 minutes. It was super efficient and  our assembly line works perfectly.”

Volunteer West Flynn ’28 said YEH packaging events are an easy yet effective way to help others.

“It’s so fulfilling to work as a team with my peers, especially when it’s for such a great cause,” Flynn said. “I’m so grateful that we as a school community have the ability to take such a short time out of our day to make a huge impact. Each meal we pack really makes a difference.”

Flynn said participants meet beforehand to prepare for each event.

“We have club meetings proceeding the meal packings to prepare bags and get ready for the event,” Flynn said. “Then we meet up and pack about 100 meals all in the span of one hour.”

Volunteer Gali Kreiz ’28 said YEH is working on expanding their participation.

“While the largest goal of YEH is to continue making lunch packs for the less fortunate and help as many people as we can, another big goal is to get as many people to help contribute as possible,” Kreiz said.

Volunteer Ozzie Gray ’28 said the events help educate others on the importance of giving back.

“The club has impacted people that can’t afford food and live in rough conditions by making meals accessible to them,” Gray said. “It’s also impacted those in our community by helping spread awareness of food insecurity. Not everyone is fully aware of the struggles that some people face just to have food on their plate, and now they want to help out.”