Whole Foods also donated $25,000 to the cause.įreeform’s Good Trouble was the first television show to sign up. Singer and talk show host Kelly Clarkson donated $10,000, matching the amount from NCIS and Sprouts. In its second year, the organization raised $100,000 thanks to a grant from Broadway Cares and donations from shows and celebrities. In its first year, Every Day Action raised $40,000 through donations. to Santa Clarita, and drop them off at community fridges, homeless shelters and encampments. These reallocators - a term used to describe the dedicated team of production assistants, stand-in actors and crew members - safely and swiftly pick up meals from sets across Southern California, from downtown L.A. It started as a mask-making endeavor before becoming a vehicle for helping fix L.A.’s homeless crisis.Ĭohen and Luu, along with a small group of full-time and part-time “reallocators,” collect leftover meals from various locations and deliver them to anyone in need. The idea behind Every Day Action was to inspire people every day to do something for someone else. If you’re on a set, give us a call,” Cohen says. “We got out a Rolodex and to all of our friends and said we’re starting this thing. The program picks up leftover meals from Hollywood sets and serves them to underserved communities across the greater L.A. Cities across the country face similar problems, fueled by a housing shortage, rising rent prices and a hangover from the pandemic.Įager to make a difference, Cohen teamed up with her friend and NCIS: LA colleague Sam Luu to create Every Day Action, a nonprofit organization working to reallocate food waste on TV and film sets, during the middle of the pandemic in 2020. The number of tent encampments in California increased over the past two years as highway overpasses have become havens for the homeless, with little or no access to food and water. accounts for 3% of the total population in the U.S., but it is home to 7% of the nation’s homeless crisis. “I just couldn’t help but feel what the person on the other side of the fence must feel watching us eat all this amazing food and have no part in it,” Cohen tells Yahoo Entertainment.
She asked, “Why are we throwing this out?” This wasteful habit didn’t sit well with longtime television and film producer Hillary Cohen, an associate director on NCIS: Los Angeles. Trucks loaded with gourmet meals - from steak to pasta to salmon and filet mignon - are frequently seen driving past homeless encampments in Los Angeles en route to Hollywood film locations.Īnd the worst part is that there would be two or three trays of leftover food headed for the trash bin. Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen’s Every Day Action is working to reallocate food waste on TV and film sets.
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