 In the U.S. today, 40 million people struggle with hunger. That's one in eight Americans who have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. And those odds are even worse for the homeless population. Homelessness and hunger are complicated issues that cities across the country are trying to solve. One L.A.-based organization is proving just how simple it can be to give back and spread love. Our mission is really to incrementally affect the way that people think about their role in the world. They always say, from a ripple to a wave. In 2012, five friends got together on Christmas Day and prepared 100 meals to hand out all over Los Angeles. They uploaded a few photos of their day of giving to social media, tagging it, hashtag Lunchbag. From there, a movement was born. What started in an apartment kitchen soon grew into a global effort to spread love and feed those who need it most. With people in more than 150 cities creating and participating in hashtag Lunchbag events of their own. From everyday volunteers to companies and even celebrities like Trey Songz and Bella Hadid. It all came down to, we're all looking for something more. This has nothing to do with food. Food is merely a vessel. We're just creating this connection and presenting people this opportunity to feed other people. Feel all the stuff that comes along with that and then share what they're doing in real life but also in their followers that they built for themselves and inspire their people. We went to Candela Restaurant in Los Angeles and met with the founders of hashtag Lunchbag to see the movement in action and help spread the word. Co-founder AJ Rilan says that the key to the program's success is the care that goes into preparing each meal. So we went out to prepare some Lunchbags and find out what this program's all about. The process is simple but powerful. We tell people to make a sandwich they would actually want to eat or as if they were making it for somebody that they loved. Tucked into each Lunchbag is a note written with love. We started decorating the bags and drawing these hashtags with these hearts around them just to turn these ordinary bags into like love spreading vessels. When you're truly alive is when you're in a place of service. And it's not limited to hunger, it's not limited to homelessness, it's your everyday life. If everybody can kind of adopt that mindset and share that experience so other people can see it and want to be the same way then we can slowly start to change the narrative about what our roles are in the world and what we can do. Getting involved with hashtag Lunchbag is easy. To volunteer you can check their website for an existing event or chapter in your area or start an event of your own. Whether you have three people or 30, giving back is simple. Just remember the hashtag. For UpRocks, I'm Frankie Greek.