The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is hosting a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day focused on Food Justice is Social Justice.

The food bank is welcoming 30 volunteers at its warehouse in Duquesne on Monday to prepare food for distribution across its 11-county service area. The event is open only to pre-registered volunteers.

In addition, the Hindu Jain Temple is matching all gifts made to the food bank on Monday at pittsburghfoodbank.org/MLK up to $10,000.

“Through the Humanitarian Committee of Hindu Jain Temple, I have been able to reach and work with several small food pantries, and I dream a big dream of a world with zero hunger,” said Sumedha Nagpal, Chairman of the Humanitarian Committee at Hindu Jain Temple.

“This gift is definitely going to be very inspiring for the Indian community as well because we are very giving and, in our religion, it is very important to fight hunger and poverty.”

Nagpal said she was encouraged about the work of the food bank after visiting recently. She took that experience and sees it as an opportunity for more of her community to be involved with the food bank.

“Mahatma Ghandi said ‘the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Our future depends on what you do today.’ That is the principle we are following as we partner with you to do whatever we can to fight hunger, to fight poverty and to make a better future for our community,” Nagpal said.

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