Culver City Restaurants Help Homeless During Coronavirus Outbreak

CULVER CITY, CA — Culver City is taking a big step to help keep local restaurants open and workers employed with Feed Culver — a mass effort across the city to feed people experiencing homelessness, isolation or food insecurity in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

As public closures and stay-at-home orders were placed across Los Angeles County, restaurants in Culver City started partnering with businesses, leaders and organizations in the city to raise around $60,000 to purchase food from local restaurants, Colin Diaz, President/CEO of Culver City Chamber of Commerce, told Patch via email.

This move helps keep restaurants open and their employees employed, Diaz said.

Restaurants are providing about 80 meals each day to a local food pantry that is providing free hot meals to those who are food insecure, homeless, seniors and others in need, he said.

"It is a multi-faceted effort that serves a few purposes," Diaz said.

The initiative is part of a project of the Exchange Club of Culver City, and at no cost to people receiving the to-go meals.

Grace Lutheran Church in Culver City hosts Grace Diner each week and is one of the locations to host meal deliveries from Culver City Parisian-style restaurant Meet in Paris. Culver City Police officers helped pick up and deliver the food.

City council members Göran Eriksson & Thomas Small, Eric Sims from the Kirk Douglas Theater, Colin Diaz from the Chamber of Commerce, Alan Shulman of Akasha, Kathy Spencer Johnson from the Culver Hotel and Jeff Cooper from the Exchange Club are also some of the people helping in the effort.

You can learn more about Feed Culver and how to donate by visiting Feed Culver's website.

Today we assisted Feed Culver City with delivering food that was generously provided by Meet In Paris, to Grace Lutheran Church. Grace Lutheran Church Diner provides meals weekly to people in need in the community. Thank you to the diner volunteers and generous donations! pic.twitter.com/VqkGeBDfMo
— Culver City PD (@Culver_cityPD) April 15, 2020

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