Lunch Bunch Ebay Auction #2

Check out the Art we are trying to auction off at our 2nd Lunch Bunch Ebay Auction!  Click here to visit the auction:


Vote Print donated by Obey Studio. 

We are trying to raise money to become registered, make nutritious lunches and get toiletries!
Thank you for your bids!!

**Update** The auction is now over. We raised over $3000 for Lunch Bunch! Thank you to all the artists, collectors, and bidders for making it a huge success!

Blueberry Surprise

This week Ana and I decided to add a sweet, easy to eat, little fruit to the lunches!


A lot of the people we see weekly have little or no teeth. We try to give soft things in the lunches, but also delicious items! I think Blueberries were defiantly the way to go!

Ana prepped the sandwiches.


We also included apples in some lunches, for those who can eat them.

Lunch Bunchers: Dan & Robin

Lunch Bunch would like to thank Dan and Robin for their amazing volunteer job! Not only did these gentleman purchase 24 lunches, they assembled them and handed them out as well! Thank you for a wonderful experience and for your generous support.


Robin and Dan are artists from Texas and our friends, they were in town for a show at the WWA Gallery (WWA sponsored a collaborative painting for us to auction). They had planned to stay the weekend so that they could help us out with Lunch Bunch.

The day started out great, we all met at Ana's then headed to Smart and Finals for the groceries.


We stocked up on fruit, veggies and sandwich materials.


Robin and Dan kept a keen eye out for sales and other items we may forget.




This week we were able to make 48 lunches, thanks guys!




Dan and Robin set up the buns while Ana and I took care of the produce.




This week the sandwiches seems extra delicious!






We packed our things and headed to Hollywood then Downtown.




Both Dan and Robin did a great job getting the food out quickly!



We weren't sure what exactly our volunteers were expecting to see, but we did want to show them the extent of the situation.



There are just so many people that need help and so many people condensed in this area.


Ana and I try to find people who are further from the shelter and in small groups. The first reason is so that not too many people come at once, secondly some people might not be capable of walking all the way to a shelter.





Thank you Dan and Robin for a great experience, your hard work fed 48 people!!

Combined Weeks

Hello fellow Lunch Bunchers,
I am sorry I haven't posted new and exciting blogs from our weekly experiences. This blog is a combined experience from a couple of weeks.


We start off  by making the delicious sandwiches. We are trying out different onion options versus no onions at all. Ana and I will be asking our regulars this week which do they prefer. Digestion and taste preference are very important to us.


We have also been making combo meat (ham and turkey) sandwiches, it is just more flavorful and a nice bit of change!


Going through downtown, seeing people living on the streets has become routine for Ana and myself, but it never gets familiar or easy. Every time we venture out it is heartbreaking. We see so many people with out something as necessary as food let alone shelter or warm clothes.



Seeing the struggle, the hurt and risks homeless people face everyday makes our fight for Lunch Bunch that much stronger. Seeing first hand the people we are working to help and the positive change in the people we are meeting doesn't just make Lunch Bunch meaningful- it makes it essential.


Ana and I both know that our reason for Lunch Bunch is to change the homeless situation in Los Angeles. We are trying to send out weekly waves of positive everything! There is so much to be done and we need to count on others to help us along the way.

Each week little by little we (you, me, us) are making a difference for the better in an apathetic community.

Lunch Bunch / Industrial Squid Photo Blog

Again, thank you so much to David for helping with Lunch Bunch! It was a great experience working with you and we hope to have you come out with us again. Also thank you for the amazing blog you posted!!

Here are some pictures from the Day with David.

First things first, we must mustard the bread!


Slice and dicing while the sandwiches are being constructed.






Ana washed and bagged fresh strawberries.






Team work!








Thank you from Lunch Bunch!!

Lunch Bunch with Industrial Squid

A couple weeks ago, David Radford from Industrial Squid came by to drop off the amazing painting from the Trappings group show that has generously been donated to the Lunch Bunch auction. He hung out with us for the day to help out Lunch Bunch and wrote up a very awesome article about his experience with us. It was so much fun having him along! Thank you for everything, David!

Please check out his article and the Industrial Squid blog here: http://industrialsquid.blogspot.com/2010/05/lunch-bunch.html

A special 'thank you' to the artists that worked on the Trappings live painting! We are so thrilled to include it in our auction. You can find bigger pictures and more info on the painting on David's blog.

Week 43

We are prepping for the next Lunch Bunch Art auction in the upcoming weeks. Thank you to everyone that has donated artwork to us! You guys have been so generous, Lunch Bunch would not be able to survive without your help! We will announce the exact date of the auction as soon as we have the artwork sorted and scanned. We have some great stuff coming up!!

Today, Ara helped me with the grocery shopping and cutting of the veggies while Mere layered the buns with meats and cheeses. I will leave you with a few pictures for now! Stay tuned for some previews of the work from the auction!


Ara cutting veggies!


Mere laying out the buns.


Baggies of food!

Ok, ok, here is a sneak peek of Lily Piri's two donations! They are both originals! Thank you, Lily!