With the giving season upon us, people are thinking about how they can give back to their communities. There are numerous ways to give back whether by helping those in need, volunteering your time, or choosing to support businesses in your community. Last year charitable giving reached a record of more than $471 billion.

We live in a world where several major drivers have contributed to worsening food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition. Despite recent efforts from the international community to reduce all forms of hunger and its complicated facets, the world is still off track to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal2: Zero Hunger.

AEG’s LA Galaxy recently teamed up with Surfrider Foundation to host a beach cleanup at Venice Beach, Calif. on Sunday, August 15. Together more than 150 LA Galaxy fans and Herbalife24 Triathlon LA participants, spent the day collecting more than 100 pounds of trash and 27 pounds of recyclable items.

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, making up 80 percent of all marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.

The pandemic has impacted the world in ways no one could have imagined. Seemingly overnight, global supply chains were disrupted, businesses came to a standstill, and the population grappled with the most significant health crisis in a generation. The pandemic laid bare another global challenge – hunger.