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Bruin Dine

What: In collaboration with UCLA Dining Services, Swipe Out Hunger, and Bruin Shelter, Hunger Project serves free dinners consisting of leftover hot food from the UCLA dining halls. This effort not only targets food insecurity, but also reduces food waste in the dining halls on campus.
Our Involvement: We transport leftover hot food (that would have been thrown away) from the UCLA dining halls to a facility on campus. We then serve the food to food insecure students.
Where: UCLA campus

What: PATH is a nonprofit organization which not only provides shelter to houseless individuals, but also implements a wide variety of resources to help secure residents permanent housing and take care of their physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
Our Involvement: We volunteer weekly at the PATH West L.A. site, which houses veterans. During our site, we cook sustainable and nutritious meals for about 40 shelter residents and are able to enjoy a meal and engage in meaningful relationships with them afterwards.
Where: PATH West LA - 2346 Cotner Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064

What: Safe Parking LA is a program which provides a legal, safe option for vehicle dwellers to park, use restroom facilities, and eat a meal without fear of being targeted by law enforcement.
Our Involvement: We bring dinner to the parking lot and share a meal with community members, learn, and foster a welcoming environment.
Where: 501 South Bixel St Los Angeles, CA 90017

What: Shower of Hope is a community organization that hosts mobile shower sites across the Greater Los Angeles Area. They provide not only free showers to individuals in need, but also ensure that all visitors have access to hygiene products, clothing, food, and case management.
Our Involvement: Hunger Project volunteers assist Shower of Hope by cleaning the showers after use, providing hygiene product donations, serving food, and engaging with the site visitors.
Where: 501 South Bixel St Los Angeles, CA 90017

What: Our Hunger Project Advocacy Committee hosts quarterly, campus-wide events to advocate and spread awareness about issues concerning houselessness, food insecurity, the housing crisis, and respective legislative setbacks to the UCLA community.
Our Involvement: Founded in 2017, our Advocacy Committee has hosted 8 campus-wide events and campaigns to date. These include hygiene drives, panels and discussions on houselessness, legislative phonebacking and petition-signing events, and more.
Where: UCLA campus

What: Homeless Awareness Week is a collaborative event hosted by various UCLA organizations dealing with houselessness in the Greater Los Angeles Area. This event takes place once a year and is intended to bring greater awareness of the problems that come with houselessness to UCLA’s communities.
Our Involvement: Hunger Project plays a large role in providing volunteers and leading discussions for events throughout the week. Our role is ever-developing and ideas are always welcome, so each year is a new experience. Most recently, we hosted an interactive panel and discussion on houselessness, where community members were able to engage and unlearn the stigmas and biases we hold surrounding houselessness.
Where: UCLA campus