Carla Gorrell

When a home-bound friend battling AIDS needed something to eat, The Rev. Carla Gorrell realized that the need went well beyond one person. According to John Barnes,  deputy executive  director of programs  and development at  Food & Friends in Washington, D.C., what began as lunch for one has grown into an organization that provides three meals a day for more than 1,350 individuals, six days a week.