AHF Thanks Altadena Community, Fairoaks Burger, for Successful Run of Free Weekly Farmers' Markets

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - A Food for Health volunteer helps a woman select produce during an appreciation ceremony for the wildfire-ravaged Altadena community and Fairoaks Burger, on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Since March, AHF's Food for Health partnered with Janet and Christy Lee, owners of the longtime family-owned eatery, by allowing Food for Health to host a free weekly farmers' market in the restaurant parking lot. As Fairoaks Burger is now fully back in business and additional local food banks and providers are addressing the ongoing need for food assistance, Food for Health is winding down its weekly Saturday farmers' markets in Altadena. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - A Food for Health volunteer helps patrons select produce and bread during an appreciation ceremony for the wildfire-ravaged Altadena community and Fairoaks Burger, on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Since March, AHF's Food for Health partnered with Janet and Christy Lee, owners of the longtime family-owned eatery, by allowing Food for Health to host a free weekly farmers' market in the restaurant parking lot. As Fairoaks Burger is now fully back in business and additional local food banks and providers are addressing the ongoing need for food assistance, Food for Health is winding down its weekly Saturday farmers' markets in Altadena. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - A woman selects clothing from a free pop up Out of the Closet store during an appreciation ceremony for the wildfire-ravaged Altadena community and Fairoaks Burger, on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Since March, AHF's Food for Health partnered with Janet and Christy Lee, owners of the longtime family-owned eatery, by allowing Food for Health to host a free weekly farmers' market in the restaurant parking lot. AHF's Out of the Closet hosted a number of pop-up events offering free clothing and other items in conjunction with the farmers' markets over the past eight months. As Fairoaks Burger is now fully back in business and additional local food banks and providers are addressing the ongoing need for food assistance, Food for Health is winding down its weekly Saturday farmers' markets in Altadena. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - Two women select milk, produce and other items during an appreciation ceremony for the wildfire-ravaged Altadena community and Fairoaks Burger, on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Since March, AHF's Food for Health partnered with Janet and Christy Lee, owners of the longtime family-owned eatery, by allowing Food for Health to host a free weekly farmers' market in the restaurant parking lot. As Fairoaks Burger is now fully back in business and additional local food banks and providers are addressing the ongoing need for food assistance, Food for Health is winding down its free Saturday farmers' markets in Altadena. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - Elaine Pang (left), District Representative for California State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-25th District), presented a certificate of appreciation and recognition from the senator's office to AHF and its Food for Health program for its response to the January wildfires during an appreciation ceremony for the wildfire-ravaged Altadena community and Fairoaks Burger, on Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Food for Health served over 75,000 free hot meals to first responders in Pacific Palisades and fire evacuees and volunteers from the Eaton Fire in Altadena. Since March, AHF's Food for Health also partnered with Fairoaks Burger to host a free weekly farmers' market in the restaurant parking lot. As Fairoaks Burger is now fully back in business and additional local food banks and providers are addressing the ongoing need for food assistance, Food for Health is winding down its free Saturday farmers' markets in Altadena. (Pictured, left to right) Elaine Pang, Carlos Marroquin, National Director of Food for Health, Michael Weinstein, AHF President, Janet Lee, Co-owner of Fairoaks Burger, and Tara O'Callaghan, Associate Director of Food for Health. (Jordan Strauss/AP Content Services for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)