[ed. note: Author David Lee is a Fed-staffer, and works in our Community Relations department. We're extremely fortunate to have someone on staff who is so knowledgeable and passionate about the hunger problem the city is facing.]

It’s been a few days since Ted Kennedy passed away and I can’t stop thinking about Jorge Muñoz.

The two men couldn’t be any more different. Kennedy was privileged beyond belief, an heir to not only one of the wealthiest family fortunes in America, but also to a political dynasty. Muñoz is a Colombian immigrant who came to the United States in the ‘80s after his father died in an accident.

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Debra Messing is Fed Up With Hunger. We hope you are too.

Get involved and Give Your Life Meaning.

Mike Wolf brings us along for his weekly ritual – Sundays at JFS/SOVA. Mike and other volunteers collect, pack, and distribute food to families and individuals who don’t get enough to eat.

JFS/SOVA is a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community. The majority of JFS/SOVA clients have stable housing, but their monthly incomes are insufficient to meet their own and/or their family’s needs. JFS/SOVA pantries assist an average of 7,000 people each month.

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Some Fed-staff and Hunger Committee volunteers got together at SOVA recently to sort food and pack holiday gift bags.

Jorge Munoz has been dubbed an “Angel” by many in Queens, NY. Watch and find out why.

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