We Feed The People With Love was founded to address food insecurity with compassion and care. We believe food is more than nourishment. It's dignity, connection, and love in action.

As a donation-based organization that is LGBTQ+, minority, and women-owned and operated, we serve our community through hot meals, sack lunches, harm reduction support, haircuts, and the distribution of clothing and shoes. We meet people where they are while building community, purpose, and hope.

Our Founders

Three community leaders bringing lived experience, compassion, and action to everything we do.

Charisma Meadows
Charisma Meadows, BHT, PSS
Co-Founder · Recovery Advocate for Community Outreach

Leading frontline engagement and grassroots operations, Charisma brings over four years of sobriety, lived experience, and professional expertise to building authentic connections with individuals navigating homelessness, addiction, and recovery.

A Behavioral Health Technician and Certified Peer Support Specialist, she facilitates recovery groups, founded the Anchor & Stitch clothing closet, and leads donation sourcing and volunteer coordination. She is pursuing further education in addiction counseling to deepen her impact.

Sharnette (Shae) Newson
Sharnette (Shae) Newson
Co-Founder · Community Leader & Advocate

Drawing from her lived experience with homelessness and joblessness, Shae is deeply committed to supporting low-income individuals and families with dignity and compassion.

A single mother of two and a student of holistic health and nutrition, she is expanding the organization's work into wellness and education. She envisions offering classes in meal preparation, financial literacy, and self-care so families can live simply, sustainably, and with dignity.

Latoya Albert
Latoya Albert
Co-Founder · Community Leader & Chef

A dynamic community leader, advocate, and chef, Latoya channels her passion as a mother of three into every meal served and every class taught.

She envisions a future centered on wellness, offering classes in meal prep, financial literacy, and self-care that empower individuals and families to live with purpose, resilience, and dignity.

Serving our community since April 2, 2025

Hundreds of meals served, haircuts given, and clothing, shoes, and harm reduction supplies distributed, and we're just getting started.

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