LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—Cars lined up as volunteers distributed approximately 1,000 pounds of food with Family Assistance Ministries—a faith-based nonprofit organization that provides aid for Orange County residents—at the Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church on Dec. 23. “There is a sense of unity and community that happens at these events,” Elizabeth Andrade, CEO of Family Assistance Ministries, told The Epoch Times. For the last five years, the non-profit and the church have been distributing food on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, with approximately 2,000 pounds of food made available each time. “Food and housing insecurity is a real issue in Orange County, and it will take all of us in order to solve it,” she said. According to Andrade, the type of households in South Orange County the non-profit serves usually have most of their earnings go into rent and other major expenses. “The demographic we’re seeing right now is …