Union Station Homeless Services Wednesday, Nov. 26, served on-site and to-go Thanksgiving meals to the Pasadena community, one of a sprinkling of events in the San Gabriel Valley spreading compassion.
The organization got some help serving meals from actors including Adina Porter, who volunteered alongside Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank; Pasadena Councilmember Jessica Rivas and Pasadena Housing Director Jim Wong.
Porter attended on behalf of Feeding America, a hunger relief organization. Porter lost her home in the Eaton fire earlier this year.
“I wish we didn’t live in a world where there was so much food insecurity, but beyond grateful that there’s an organization like Feeding America that is fulfilling a need,” Porter said.
Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth provided Union Station Homeless Services with sizable donations to help with the distribution. The Green Foundation, $25,000, and Bigo Live, $15,000, also stepped up to support the event.
For more than 50 years, Dinner in the Park has not turned anyone away who shows up to partake of a warm, and free, Thanksgiving meal with a healthy helping of community. The very people who need this annual holiday help are facing rising grocery prices and cuts to federal government food benefits, and many more are likely to join their ranks this year.
On Wednesday, community members were able to sit-down or carry-out a hot Thanksgiving meal at the organization’s Adult Center.
Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Supervisor, installs hurricane straps to the rafters of a Habitat home for a family whose house was destroyed in the Eaton fire. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kathryn Barger, LA County Supervisor, and her staff, pose for a photo in front of the Habitat home they helped to build in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kathryn Barger, left, instructs staff members working on a Habitat home in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Joey Spraggins, staff member for Kathryn Barger, installs hurricane straps on a Habitat home in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kathryn Barger, and her staff arrive to work on a Habitat home in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Volunteers leave messages on frame of a Habitat home in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Katherine Barger, LA County supervisor, and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kathryn Barger, and her staff arrive to work on a Habitat home in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A Habitat home being built in the Eaton Fire burn area on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Katherine Barger, LA County Supervisor, and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 8Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Supervisor, installs hurricane straps to the rafters of a Habitat home for a family whose house was destroyed in the Eaton fire. Barger and her staff volunteered to work on the home, which is scheduled to be completed before Christmas, as part of the Day of Giving. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) ExpandThe meals were prepared by USHS Food Program staff and volunteers and included a traditional Thanksgiving spread. No information was required to receive a meal, and guests were welcome to take meals home to share with friends, family, or household members.
“I am thankful for all the volunteers and staff that have helped make this year’s meal service a success, as well as the all the families that come out to celebrate with us,” Friedman said.
Thanksgiving goodwill was also happening up in Altadena, where Fair Oaks Burger was the site of a food giveaway, and where L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger led her annual Day of Giving the day before Thanksgiving at community service events across the Fifth District.
Activities included volunteering at an Altadena construction site helping an Eaton Fire survivor rebuild, serving meals to seniors, and supporting food distribution events. It was the eighth consecutive year Supervisor Barger has hosted the Day of Giving.
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