LaRayia Gaston

LaRayia Gaston is the founder of Lunch On Me, a non-profit organization constructing greater change in the fight against starvation. By redirecting food waste she is able to provide organic healthy meals to the homeless community on Skid Row and other parts of LA. As the founder of the Los Angeles–based organization Lunch on Me, Gaston champions a mission of love without reason to help feed the city’s enormous homeless population with organic meals. Lunch on Me provides more than fresh food; its volunteers give homeless individuals an even scarcer resource: love. Gaston takes the healing modalities that have served her, like crystals and Reiki, and gives them out alongside hot meals. She makes it a point to remember her participants’ birthdays and ask about their health. As she sees it, her organization’s overall mission is not just to end hunger but to enrich the mind, body, and spirit.