Help Friends Help Friends

Thank you to those who donated last week, we appreciate the support!





We saw some really great things this week. We saw people from the blanket community give up their food when all they had was a can of something. They wanted to help someone else, they wanted to help a friend.



Their friend is a woman who is probably in her 30’s living alone in a dark alley with just a few items. The way we normally walk into the alley was blocked by construction so we drove to the other side of the alley. When we got to her we were greeted with smiles and hellos!



The blanket friends were with her giving up their lunches because they knew she didn’t have any. The woman from the alley was happy to see us and was concerned about us because she didn’t want us to get hurt from the construction. She is sweet. The blanket gentleman also let us know he thinks our sandwiches are delicious, that was a good moment for us!



We try not to pry or get to chummy so that we can continue doing what we do. We do not want to intrude or bother. So it was cool that these people, whom we think about so much, think about us too.

We gave them all more lunches, then we all stood there smiling and laughing because we were all friends. Lunch Bunch is out of donations and we need you to help us to help others. Help friends help friends.

Week 15

Lunch Bunch has been making 24 meals for the past few weeks because we have run out of donation money. With the 24 packages, we are at least able to visit our regulars each week and can customize the bags with each person's special needs. We learned today that the recipients think our sandwiches are delicious :)

The nights are getting colder and we will be accepting (and purchasing) warm clothing and blankets. Mere and I are going to purchase fleece fabric from downtown and make scarfs and blankets out of them. In the meantime, if you have any blankets or warm clothing to donate in Los Angeles, please email us at lunchbunchco@gmail.com. We will come pick them up!

If you'd like to donate money to Lunch Bunch, you can use the google carts button on the right of this page or purchase the Prey print here: http://www.anabagayan.com/Store/

Other items that we need for specific people:

-Large Men's and Women's sandals and slippers
-Toothbrushes and Toothpaste
-Pens & Pencils (one man keeps a journal and runs out of writing supplies.)
-Warm blankets
-Beanies and hats
-Large sized gloves
-A small or medium pillow to fit on a sleeping bag. The man with the dog has been using a worn out seat cushion as a pillow.

If you have any of these items for Lunch Bunch, leave us a comment here or email us.

Thank you for your continued support and generosity!








A very sweet man with a sense of humor and his happy, healthy dog Katie. She likes women and children and has a friend that brings her dog food each week. We met them only two weeks ago and have added them to our regular route.

The man told us that the fine for having a cart that belongs to a grocery store is $250 or time in jail. He said he prefers the time in jail. His cart was a gift from the Catholic Church and he cannot be fined for it.


Rats! We've been seeing rats at the blanket-fort community the past few weeks! They are about a foot long and pretty scary considering they can just crawl into bed with our friends.

Week 13 & 14

Last week I forgot to bring my camera along on our trip so we missed a post. To make up for it, here are extra pictures from week 14.

Week 12

Ara helped me prepare the sandwiches before Mere and Edgar arrived. It's amazing how much faster the assembly line goes with two people.


This week's meal.


48 packages.


Edgar helped us drive this week.



This man usually takes an extra lunch for his friend that has a tent inside the parking lot. We hear him call out "Hey! Come get your lunch!" as we drive away each week. Sometimes there are two or tree more people with him. One week we gave him three bags because we thought there were only three people with him, not noticing a fourth person sleeping. As we were driving away, I noticed he passed out the bags to the other three people instead of keeping one for himself. What a amazing, selfless person he is. We made sure to drive around and give him another package.