Food for 1,000 families and a small army of volunteers lined Second Street behind Magaly’s Tamales in San Fernando on Thursday, April 23.

Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, helmed by the major league baseball star and former Dodger, along with Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank teamed up to put on the drive-through food distribution.

Action-movie icon and restaurateur Danny Trejo pitched in as cars stretched for blocks, waiting for their turn for much-needed supplies.

Several vehicles at a time pulled into position, where masked and gloved volunteers loaded 20-pound boxes and bags full of food and other necessities.

Included in the packages were masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and other personal protection items — and the City of San Fernando donated 100 bottles of Lysol disinfecting spray.

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Cars wait in line during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

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Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Magaly Colelli, owner of Magaly’s Tamales, during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Actor Danny Trejo loads food in to a car during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Yasiel Puig says hello to volunteers via a cell phone during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Actor Danny Trejo and Magaly Colelli, owner of Magaly’s Tamales, during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Oranges ready for pick up during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Actor Danny Trejo during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during adrive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Yasiel Puig says hello to volunteers via a cell phone during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Actor Danny Trejo during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Magaly Colelli, owner of Magaly’s Tamales, directs traffic during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

San Fernando Chief of Police Anthony Vairo directs traffic during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Evelyn Diaz tosses a bag of oranges to another volunteer during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)



Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers during a drive through food distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic sponsored by Yasiel Puig’s Wild Horse Children’s Foundation, Magaly’s Tamales, The Knotted Apron, and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in San Fernando, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

“The city holds a big piece of my heart,” said Magaly Colelli, San Fernando-raised owner of Magaly’s Tamales, “and we wanted to give back to the people that help support us all year long. We are staying strong, and we are all in this together.”

“The volunteers have been amazing,” said Colelli, watching volunteers working in the warm sunshine, a welcome respite from weeks of rain and gloomy skies.

San Fernando Valley native Trejo was among them, stopping only for the occasional photo for a fan. “They asked for help, so let’s help,” said Trejo said in a video on the Los Angeles County Facebook page. “This is what life is all about.”

Ricardo Aguilar of Los Angeles waited in a long line of cars before he finally got the chance to pull in to position to receive his bounty. “This is helping us out a lot; it is one less risk to being exposed (to COVID-19) that we have to take as a family to go to the store being surrounded in a crowd.”

“Thank you so much,” Aguilar added. “We really appreciate what they are doing, and they are inspiring us to do something for our community as well.”