Lindy Hamilton and Brent Miller dance during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Kassandra Paulino and Kyle Schneider serve food and drinks to Roger Purnell during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Lindy Hamilton and Brent Miller dance during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Renee Schoen and “Tuna” arrive for the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Jennifer Yi helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Vander Dale helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Sara M. helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteer Susie Sieverts helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Vander Dale helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Raymond Allan Greer enjoys a meal as the Midnight Mission holds its annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Jennifer Yi helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) The Midnight Mission holds its annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Danielle Kleinman and Jennifer Yi help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) The Midnight Mission holds its annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Kassandra Paulino and Kyle Schneider help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Vander Dale helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Sara M. helps serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Volunteers help serve food and drinks during the Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Brunch in Los Angeles on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) David Prentice, president and CEO of the Midnight Mission, greets his guests at the start of the annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thursday, November, 23, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)Embracing its annual Thanksgiving tradition, Los Angeles’ Midnight Mission closed down 6th Street in front of its facility to serve a traditional holiday meal to nearly 2,000 homeless and near-homeless people and families on Thursday, Nov. 23.
More than 200 corporate and community volunteers showed up on Thanksgiving morning to prepare and serve food for the annual celebration on Skid Row.
The mission extended a thanks for special assistance to L.A. City Councilmember Kevin de Leon and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis.
According to the Midnight Mission’s officials, one of its most important efforts is “the sense of family we offer to those who often feel lost and forgotten during the holidays and other days of celebration.”
Among the volunteers who helped at the event were musician and activist Tom Morello; musicians and producers Wayne Kramer and John Feldmann; musicians Jason Heath, David Blasucci and David Tokaji; actor Edward Gelhaus; stunt actor Ray Siegle; and models and social media influencers the Talabi Twins.
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