The Signal of Santa Clara Valley:
By 10 a.m., the room at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newhall was busy with volunteers of all ages putting together meals of all kinds.
At a table, one woman put together peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Near a rows of chairs, another woman lined up paper bags decorated by local Girl Scouts to drop snacks into.
It was the fourth Thursday of the month, which meant the volunteers from St. Stephen’s and The Church of Hope ELCA in Canyon Country would gather to prepare lunches to take to the HIV and AIDS patients at the Los Angeles County Hospital and USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The group of roughly 10 church members have been preparing lunches for over five years.
Initially, the luncheon project was started 20 years ago by a Los Angeles synagogue looking to help the poor and homeless.
Later on, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, which St. Stephen’s is part of, joined the program of preparing and delivering lunches.
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