Who We Are Founder's Message Board of Directors Employment Privacy Policy Contact Us Fresh News Contact Us	Who We Are Our Mission ANGEL HARVEST invites the community to reduce the waste of good food while helping feed the hungry men, women, and children of Los Angeles. Operating as a link between abundance and need; smart and simple, ANGEL HARVEST picks up good un-served food donated from companies and organizations then delivers it free and immediately to social service agencies providing emergency food to those in need. ”27% of the food produced in the U.S. goes to waste each year in America," according to the U.S.D.A. while millions of people go hungry. ANGEL HARVEST drives to solve this dichotomy. Our Team Collectively we are people who want to make a difference, not wasting food Individually we wear our different hats as committed Board members, dedicated staff, caring volunteers, people giving food from their companies, citizens sharing financial resources, concerned directors of feeding programs receiving our food to feed their guests, and our fellow Angelenos who are hungry today. May not by their own doing, but today they need some food so they can get on with their lives. Why waste the food or the person? With our shared vision and abilities; together we make it happen. Good food leftover is a meal for our fellow man, woman, and child. This is who we are. We welcome you to join us, whenever and however you would like. History In 1981 Helen Palit pioneered this innovative concept while managing the Community Soup Kitchen in New Haven, CT. Wondering what happened to the insides of her potato skin appetizer Helen identified un-untapped resource of food: good food that companies chose not to sell, but could donate instead. Originally serving only soup and bread like others in America, Yale University’s soup kitchen was soon serving gourmet meals. Later with too much food Helen organized the first Harvest program to share the excesses with other local emergency feeding programs. Hearing of her success, New Yorkers in 1982 asked Helen to create CITY HARVEST in NYC. One million meals distributed the first year by volunteers, forced the strategic expansion with paid commercial drivers 24/7/365 as more food was donated each day. Now CITY HARVEST provides enough food for 53,000 meals a day. In 1995 concerned Angelenos asked Helen to organize ANGEL HARVEST to collect the food from the Entertainment Industry events, corporations and local community groups, schools and wholesalers. Since 1995 ANGEL HARVEST has picked up and delivered enough food for over 8 million meals for the hungry men, women, and children of Los Angeles at a total operating cost of 26 cents. Together we are neighbors feeding neighbors.