CALABASAS, Calif. (KABC) -- A Calabasas teen is well on her way to becoming a model citizen after celebrating her Bat Mitzvah and using some of the money to buy a truck that will collect food for the homeless.
Sarah Steinhauer belongs to Congregation Or Ami in the city. She donated a chunk of the money she received from her Bat Mitzvah to a truck the temple was buying for the nonprofit Food Forward.
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The organization collects surplus produce from all over Los Angeles and distributes more than a million pounds of food to local people in need every month.
"I didn't expect it actually to be this grand. I didn't realize how many people were going to be fed. But obviously, I'm happy the more people who are fed that need to be," Sarah said.
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The new truck was unveiled Friday night and will help Food Forward collect 6 million pounds of produce a year for those in need.