Food on Foot News

Volunteers of the Week - Kim Decker - Christmas Day sponsor

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Food on Foot means taking a break from my life to pay attention to the daily struggles of others. It means making an effort to help others find the ability to live the life they deserve. When you become involved and you talk to the people on the street and you see the way they are surviving, it becomes real and you want to stay involved. This is a real problem that isn't going away. Homelessness and poverty is epic and its right in our backyard. Food on Foot does not walk away from the problem. They get in there and motivate people to take charge of their situation and give them direction and strength and most importantly.. HOPE. I like The commitment from the people involved every day is an inspiration and a very positive message. I was truly touched by the genuine gratefulness of the people I met in the line. There was no expectation at all. Just a true thankfulness and appreciation. -Kim

Work for Food

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

Each Sunday afternoon 40-50 homeless and poor individuals participate in our trash clean up program. This is the first step in their attempt to increase confidence and ultimately obtain a full time job and housing. We are proud that so many have graduated our program and are now completely self-supporting and off all government assistance.

Previous Work for Food Success Stories:

FOF Featured as 'Cool Site of the Day' 5/4/2010

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 PST

"We are pleased to announce the selection of Food on Foot by Cool Site of the Day as our featured Cool Site on May 4, 2010". -Cool Site of the Day.com

New video shows our Work for Food program in action

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 PST

A Big thank you to T.Baker and W. Shadow for producing the following three minute video.

Neil Patrick Harris wins $100,000 for FOF on Jeopardy

Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 PST

Wednesday May 5 Neil Patrick Harris won $100,000 on Celebrity Jeopardy. Highlights from the show can be viewed here.

Congratulations to another graduate of our Work for Food program

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

Lee D. has a full time job at the Tender Greens Restaurant in Santa Monica. He has his own apartment in Hollywood and is completely self-supporting and off all government assistance. He joins the growing list of WFF graduates now giving back to their community, and we invite you to meet him at an upcoming Sunday serving. We are so proud of our Work for Food program that turns tax burdens into tax payers.

We need volunteers in February

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

02/03 - We have many volunteer opportunities available in February. We have a very unique model where the homeless collect trash to earn their food each week. Many have graduated our program and now have full time jobs that enable them to pay for their housing and leave all government assistance. We have helped turn tax burdens into tax payers for the last 15 years. Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year! Read More: Fox News: Could L.A.'s Jay Goldinger Hold the Key to Defeating Homelessness? The February edition of our bi-monthly Footnotes newsletter [pdf] is now available!