Week 28

This week Ara helped us assemble the 48 meals. We've increased the number of meals to 48 again since our super successful art auction and with three people, the assembly goes much faster. Since we've also added healthier snack options, there is more work involved in bagging the snacks. Items like baby carrots, pretzels, trail mix, and orange slices all need to be counted, separated and bagged.







Ara laying out the burger buns.




Inside a downtown parking lot.

Week 27

Lunch Bunch started with a trip to the Farmers Market in Hollywood. It was a beautiful day and the outdoor market smelled great from all the fresh produce.

We purchased our fruits from couple different stands. We were able to sample them to ensure the sweet deliciousness of the fruit. Some of the people we purchased the oranges from were very informative and interested in Lunch Bunch.

We found some beautiful heirloom tomatoes for the sandwiches.

Next we were off to Smart & Final, we picked up the rest of the items we needed.

This week we wanted to make scarves for our Lunch Bunchers to wear during the chilly night. We bought some soft fleece, set up our cutting boards and began to cut.

Ana delicately added fringe to all the scarves, making them a bit more fashionable.

We ended up making a big pile of scarves and we were very pleased about how well they turned out!

Next we started to cut veggies/fruit, assemble sandwiches and pack the meals.

This is what 48 lunches packed into the lunch mobile looks like.

A special thanks to Rosela, my mom, who donated some thick sleeping bags, jackets, sweaters, soaps and perfumes.

The sleeping bags and clothes were gently used. The Lunch Bunchers that received the items were happy to have something cozy to keep them from the cold pavement.


Thanks to everyone for all of you support, we hope to see you at the Trappings group show next Friday! It is great having people helping us raise money to help feed those in need! THANK YOU!

Week 26

This week Lunch Bunch had great nutritional snacks! We really like to include fresh fruit and veggies in our lunches. We also like to changes or add some new items to the menu.

We purchased the bulk of the items at Smart & Final, we also had some food items donated.



This week we had lots of washing, chopping and bagging to do!



The oranges looked so juicy!



After all of the sandwich items were chopped I set up 24 buns. Doing 48 sandwiches takes a lot of space, so doing them in batches works well for us!


While I was working on the sandwhiches Ara was bagging pretzels and carrots with celery. Ana was hard at work making a delish trail mix.


The mix had walnuts, pistachios, cashews and raisins.


Once we got all of the items organized it is fast and easy to fill all the lunch bags.



We added a sweet festive chocolate to the bags just for fun.


Ana and I were very excited to hand out these full and delicious Lunch Bags!!