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(301 votes) 2:52 pm
June 20, 2007
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An anonymous community member has provided the capital for Whole Foods on Lincoln to begin a free meal giveaway for the homeless each Sunday from 8-10 am at Rose and 7th behind the market.
The meal giveaway begins tomorrow!
Whole Foods
225 Lincoln Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 566-9480
7:36 pm
October 24, 2008
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Is there a contact at Whole Foods who would serve as a community contact??
Our little North of Rose community already bears the burden of the Bread and Roses zombie parade every day. We simply don't need this added burden of drawing the most dangerous folks for a free meal on Sunday.
Yeah I get it – whole foods feeds the VNC but this free food give away to the homeless is a BAD IDEA for the neighborhood.
7:58 pm
October 15, 2009
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swankgirlvenice said
Is there a contact at Whole Foods who would serve as a community contact??
Our little North of Rose community already bears the burden of the Bread and Roses zombie parade every day. We simply don't need this added burden of drawing the most dangerous folks for a free meal on Sunday.
Yeah I get it – whole foods feeds the VNC but this free food give away to the homeless is a BAD IDEA for the neighborhood.
Hungry people are dangerous folks?
Feeding hungry people is dangerous?
Are you a NIMBY?
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7:59 pm
August 29, 2011
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Whole Foods should feed the Homeless in their parking lot in the front where shoppers park not in the front yards of those living on 7th Ave! Rose Ave has cleaned up in the past few years. This is about five steps backward. Does Corporate have an email address?
8:33 pm
October 15, 2009
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deweyville said
Whole Foods should feed the Homeless in their parking lot in the front where shoppers park not in the front yards of those living on 7th Ave! Rose Ave has cleaned up in the past few years. This is about five steps backward. Does Corporate have an email address?
I wonder if these guys put on events like this in their neighborhood? Somehow, I doubt it.
John P. Mackey, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Walter Robb, Co-Chief Executive Officer
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8:55 pm
October 24, 2008
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I definitely agree that WF should feed the homeless in front of the store where they have their barbecues – not behind the store in our neighborhood.
I'm not nimby at all – just a tired community activist striving for safety in my neighborhood. it's been a long road and WF's unilateral action without consulting the neighborhood or considering the impact of a public feeding is unconscionable and should not be tolerated.
It's going to be a free-for-all and I'd like to know what additional security WF will be providing to its neighbors. St. Joseph / Bread and Roses has security patrolling in cars during its operating hours. Although probably savvy and well intentioned, the average WF store clerk isn't trained to deal with dangerous street people.
9:03 pm
February 24, 2010
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Apparently no one in management at WF has paid attention to the fact the Santa Monica stopped all of their public feeding programs years ago because they only enable transients to stay exactly where they are – on the street. It's called "enablement" and should be a familiar term to anyone who knows anything about alcoholism, substance abuse, etc. This is yet another magnet for the homeless to come to Venice, without connecting them with any services or requiring them to do anything at all to get out of their homeless state. It's bad for the neighborhood and ultimately bad for the transients.
6:29 am
January 20, 2012
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They should add to the flyer crusty drug addicts. Might as well tell them who they are. I was checking to see if Whole Foods Brentwood and Beverly Hills had the same programs on Sunday. And yes I am a NIMBY………
9:09 am
April 9, 2009
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This is ridiculous. Is "Anonymous Community Member" WH's way to say that this wasn't their idea and leave them out of any negative repercussions? This person with the big money bags pocket should come forward, and perhaps move Sunday morning breakfast to their front yard.
9:54 am
June 28, 2010
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While this act has good intentions. It seems the impact on the community as a whole has been overlooked. Most homeless feedings take place in areas where the impact on the environment can be mitigated.
Good intensions poorly executed. This plan needs to be opened up (transparent) re-thought and done in a responsible way for all involved.
a clean and safe Venice.
10:14 am
October 15, 2009
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Venice_Surfer said
While this act has good intentions…
You're all forgetting the most important thing- it not about feeding people, no. What it's really and truly about is one thing- it's about how good it will make WF and our beneficent "anonymous community member" are going to feel.
Never forget that everything is about feelings.
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10:40 am
November 8, 2011
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Who says the "anonymous community member" lives in Venice? Maybe some residents of Santa Monica are the donors. A Venice nonprofit? As of now I'll be shopping at Ralph's again in support of my neighbors that live near Rose. No business should be so naive thinking their 2 hour feel good PR campaign is worth the 1000's of people they will be inviting to Rose and Lincoln with no exit plan over the next few months.
