Actor Danny Trejo Feeds Over 800 Families in East Los Angeles

Con Air and Desperado star Danny Trejo decided to spent the holiday season by helping others. Trejo made it possible with the Everest Foundation, where in over 800 families were fed from the donations.

Trejo's Tacos, which was Trejo's restaurant, also contributed to the donation drive for the front-line workers and their families, as reported by Fox News.

The restaurant said in an Instagram post that this year has been very difficult for many people, including those in the hospitality industry.

The Instagram post added that the donations did not only provide for the most vulnerable but also helped keep the doors open. Trejo's Tacos went on to say that they are grateful for the opportunity to serve their community.

Everest Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports medical education and focuses on underserved communities, according to a The Hill report.

Drive-through donation

Trejo also teamed up with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis for the socially distanced drive-through event. NBC reported that the donation drive was done in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols.

Head of the Everest Foundation, Michael Everest, said in a statement that they wanted to give thanks to the Community, particularly the front-line workers that surrounds the facility.

Trejo spoke about his previous battle against drugs and alcohol in a new PSA. This was for a nonprofit treatment facility in Los Angeles.

Trejo has been open about his troubled past for years.

He always tells the story of how he got his start in acting by showing off some tricks he learned as a top prison boxer at California's San Quentin State Prison in the 1960s.

The was around the same time he got clean. He is now paying it forward with 52 years of sobriety later in the new PSA for CRI-Help.

A Helping Hand

For someone who has made a living being a villain, Trejo has always been a helping hand.

Last year, he made the headlines when he helped save a special-needs child trapped in an overturned car in Los Angeles.

In 2019, two vehicles collided causing one to overturn onto its roof with a young boy strapped to a car seat inside. The actor crawled underneath the wreck but could not unbuckle the child's seat belt from his angle.

A bystander then was able to get to the belt and Trejo was able to pull the child out, according to an earlier report of Fox News.

The boy's grandmother was trapped in the driver's seat and was eventually freed by firefighters. Trejo reportedly tried to distract the boy while fire personnel tried to free the grandmother.

Trejo told the story and said the boy was panicked. He then told the boy that they have to use their superpowers.

"So he screamed 'Superpowers!' and we started yelling 'Superpowers! I said, 'Do this, with the muscles.' He said 'muscles,'" he was quoted on a report.