Food on Foot is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax-ID#31-1581053) dedicated to providing the poor and homeless of Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and assistance in the transition to employment and life off the streets.

Food on Foot operates a weekly meal program every Sunday in Hollywood. Food on Foot began in March 1996 as one man's response to the hunger he witnessed among the poor and homeless of Hollywood. What initially began as the distribution of meals from the trunk of a car has grown through the dedication of its volunteers and now serves more than 250 meals each week to homeless, disabled, elderly and low-income adults and children. more about us »

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$84 Club Members are welcome to attend any serving! No need to signup.

Volunteer of the Week

Sarah Jane Hale - $84 Club Member - 07/25/2010

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How Can I Help Food on Foot?

Donate - Send a check or make a online donation. 100% of your donation goes toward the purchase of much needed food and is a tax-deductible contribution! Details...

Clothing - Donate your gently worn clothing (infant to adult sizes), shoes, blankets, backpacks, etc. It's a tax-deductible contribution! These donations are accepted every Sunday between 10:30am - 2:30pm at our Hollywood feeding location, 1625 N. Schrader Blvd.

Volunteer - Help distribute the pre-packaged food and clothing on Sundays at 3:15 P.M. in Hollywood. Details...

Food on Foot Videos

A typical day at Food on Foot produced by Lydia Castro, an $84 Club member
Neil Patrick Harris wins on Celebrity Jeopardy playing for Food on Foot, 2006
KABC News Story aired Wednesday April 4th 2006, 2 minute segment
Access Hollywood Feature aired Friday December 23rd 2005, 2 minute segment

We Need Volunteers

07/29 - We have many volunteer opportunities available in August. Pick a Sunday that is convenient and spend 90 minutes with us participating in our food serving and work for food award ceremony. 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. Read More: The Los Angeles Independent News

The March edition of our bi-monthly newsletter Footnotes is now available! Click here (pdf 349KB)

Congratulations to our new WFF graduate!

On Sunday, June 15, 2010, Rebel Stephen received his certificate of completion from our Work for Food program. Rebel is working full-time at Tender Greens Restaurant on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Today, he has his own apartment and is completely self-sufficient after being part of the homeless population since December of 2008. He has made us proud, and we look forward to many more graduates entering the workforce and leaving all government assistance.

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

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

New video shows our Work for Food program in action

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

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

"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

Sponsor a Hollywood Serving

Would you like to bring a group of your workers, friends, etc. to a Sunday Hollywood serving? We have groups of 20-30 volunteers that wish to volunteer for a specific date. A donation of $2000 covers all of the costs of food and food gift cards for our Work for Food crew. This donation will allow your group to participate in every part of our Sunday activities and your group will be the ONLY volunteers for that day. For more information please contact us at info@foodonfoot.org or download a sponsorship form here.

Work for Food

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.

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