 Plenty of Bay Area families face the prospect of going hungry this holiday season and when it comes to feeding the need It's not a one-size-fits-all. Let's go back out to read Cowan. He's at Whole Foods in Oakland He's got the story of one volunteer group factoring culture into the equation read tell us about it I'll tell you what it has been my absolute honor to be traveling the Bay Area these last several weeks to get to know so Many volunteers and community organizers You know our Jocelyn Moran really enlightened us to one hero in our community who make sure that our Muslim brothers and sisters have the food that they need Here's her story It takes a team to make this happen Rain or shine volunteers show up to bring groceries to hundreds of families at their doors behind all of this is Amina Abdullah with the Muslim Community Center At 6 a.m. Every other Saturday in Pleasanton sister Amina loads up this van one by one Each bag contains items like rice beans pasta fruits and vegetables Groceries for people who need them throughout the Bay. I think it's part of our faith service Just helping those in need and that's the whole purpose of Muslim Community Center is to help the community and serve Those who are struggling their first set of deliveries when the pandemic started was for 16 families They're up to 350 now and once a month they add diapers for families who need them a Couple of hours after sister Amina loads up the van volunteers show up packing more bags and cars while most of the people They serve are within the Muslim Community. They help anyone who needs it. The food is going to Primarily elderly who can't get out and about easily It's going to single mothers who a lot of them don't have transportation We're also now helping the Afghan refugees once the cars are loaded up volunteers drive to a central location Produce and drive food from here in Pleasanton over to Oakland Where I'm going to be basically bring it to a central location near Lake Merritt and we have a partnership with DoorDash So they'll actually send Door dashers to that site and I'll basically hand it off to them sister Amina says there's this misconception that the Bay Area is wealthy while some parts of the Bay are there are many struggling to pay for food rent and utility bills Some people will walk up to their warehouse hearing from others about this pantry when we first moved to California my husband and my kids and I we lived in Hayward and From our apartment complex. We didn't have a car at first And we would walk to the grocery store. So as we're walking under the bridge on Jackson Street there's a lot of homeless people and I think that forever impacted my kids. I don't know how she does it She works with a smile. She helps with a smile and there's a lot of people being in her Everyone here volunteers with a smile on their faces. So this is all what it's all about working together to bring essentials that are desperately needed In Pleasanton Jocelyn Moran KPIX 5 Sister Amina reminding us all that everybody matters you at home matter And if you want to show that same love and that same spirit of support Here's how you can be a part of our KPIX food for Bay Area family's food drive. Go to our website kpix.com forward slash give or follow that QR code on your screen as you sit down to have your meal tonight Just think about maybe even providing one meal just giving one dollar provides two meals here in our Bay Area and every penny matters Yeah, there's no better feeling in the world than when you know, you've actually helped somebody you've given back You've given your time you've given your resources. It's a pretty incredible feeling