Jamie Lee Curtis models a gray pantsuit as she joins Sheryl Lee Ralph and Richard Ayoub at the Project Angel Food ceremony in Los Angeles
Jamie Lee Curtis was seen smiling when she attended Project Angel food‘s groundbreaking ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The 64-year-old actress – who recently gifted new mom Lindsay Lohan – dressed in a gray pantsuit to launch the organization’s Rise To The Challenge campaign.
The Halloween star wore aviator sunglasses and rocked her white-gray locks in her signature pixie cut.
Under her blazer, the philanthropist wore a blue T-shirt with the nonprofit’s name and logo printed in white.
Also at the Hollywood event was Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph.
In a good mood: Jamie Lee Curtis was all smiles as she attended Project Angel Food’s groundbreaking ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday
Her look: The 64-year-old actress — who recently gifted new mom Lindsay Lohan — dressed in a gray pantsuit to launch the organization’s Rise To The Challenge campaign
Curtis posed with volunteers who were also dressed in Project Angel Food T-shirts.
According to its official website, the program prepares and delivers more than 1.5 million medically tailored meals each year, free of charge, to the homes of men, women and children affected by life-threatening illnesses.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was deemed an essential service by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The organization came together to do groundbreaking work for the new expansion of the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Campus.
Lorre, co-creator of the hit TV show The Big Bang Theory, attended the ceremony.
While there, he addressed those in attendance and recalled being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when he was 22 years old.
“When I was a young man, I was really, really sick. I was seriously ill with ulcerative colitis. I weighed about 110 pounds and was told I needed a colectomy,” he said, according to a report from Variety.
‘I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know where to go. I had no money, no insurance. I managed to make my way to the Cedars of Lebanon, which was a teaching hospital,” he added. “I was lucky enough to get an anesthesia-free colonoscopy for a class of college students.”
Looking good: The Halloween star wore aviator sunglasses and rocked her whitish-gray locks in her signature pixie cut. From left: Chuck Lorre, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Richard Ayoub, CEO of Project Angel Food, Curtis, Marianne Williamson, and Tim Robinson
Supporting the cause: Under her blazer, the philanthropist wore a blue T-shirt with the nonprofit’s name and logo printed in white
Lorre linked the incident to Project Angel Food’s mission, noting that his condition was put into remission “after about six months on a great nutrition program.”
“It wasn’t western medicine” that strengthened him, he said, adding that “the food” helped him get better.
“During the pandemic, I heard about Project Angel Food. It is a food delivery system tailored to people’s health needs. I was like, “I want to be a part of this because this is personal,” he shared.
His eponymous foundation donated $10 million toward the construction of the new $51 million campus.
The venture is expected to begin in January, which is an estimated completion date of 2027.
Project Angel Food was founded in 1989 and focuses on providing food for people living with HIV and AIDS.
To date, it has donated over 17 million medically tailored meals.
LR: Trisha Cardoso, Chuck Lorre, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Richard Ayoub, CEO of Project Angel Food, Jamie, Marianne Williamson, and Tim Robinson
Groundbreaking: Attendees smiled as they posed for photos with bronze shovels
Dressed in a hot pink pantsuit with a wrap-around blazer, Ralph shared comments during Thursday’s launch.
The former Moesha star shared about her friends and colleagues affected by the AIDS epidemic.
“For so many of them, there was no help, no love, no food — there was nothing but the worst thing people could show other people,” said the Emmy-winning entertainer.
“We’re here together because a group of people said, ‘We don’t know what to do, but we know what we need,’ and that’s love and food,” Curtis added.
‘They weren’t doctors or scientists, they couldn’t come up with a cure. They faced the same amount of hatred and misinformation that was spread across a population, and they said, ‘Let’s feed them.’”