Food on Foot’s Mission
Food on Foot is a nonprofit dedicated to assisting our unhoused and low-income neighbors in Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and a fresh start through life-skills training, full-time employment, and permanent housing.
Food on Foot History
In 1996, Food on Foot’s founder, Jay Goldinger, began helping our unhoused neighbors by serving chicken dinners out of the trunk of his car right outside the Hollywood Post Office.
He soon realized that food wasn’t the solution to homelessness. The underlying factors causing the homeless epidemic are a lack of confidence, resources, and community.
In 1999, Jay tackled this issue head-on by creating the Jobs & Housing program, designed to help people experiencing homelessness regain their footing back into society through full-time jobs, housing, life-skills, and confidence-building.
Since then, Food on Foot’s programs have taken place every single Sunday in the back parking lot of the LGBT Center in Hollywood—rain or shine—providing meals and clothing to over 300 neighbors in need through the volunteer-led Sunday Serving Program, and offering life skills, job opportunities, and permanent housing through the Jobs & Housing Program.
Sunday Meals program:
Food on Foot distributes warm pasta, meatballs, and more from our partner, Big Kitchen, along with a variety of snacks, fresh produce, canned goods, hygiene products, and clothing to over 300 unhoused and low-income neighbors every Sunday in Hollywood.
Jobs & Housing program:
Food on Foot’s Jobs & Housing program is designed for high-functioning adults who are experiencing homelessness. Graduates from this program earn their way off the streets with life skills, a full-time job, a fully furnished apartment, and $5,000 or more in savings (their employment earnings while in the program).
