CHRIS HANSON,

Los Feliz, brand ambassador

Chris Hanson, 30, was on the verge of moving back to New York when he drove by the Friendship Auditorium in Griffith Park. It’s home to the Los Angeles Breakfast Club, a zany organization founded in 1925 with the sole purpose of fostering friendships among Angelenos.

Hanson was nervous when he walked into his first meeting, but the overly friendly crowd, their songs about breakfast foods and their secret handshakes were immediately disarming.

“No one can take themselves too seriously when singing about ham and eggs,” Hanson says.

Five years later, Hanson is the club manager and goes to meetings every Wednesday morning for breakfast, vaudeville and a guest speaker. Thanks to the club, Hanson has made friends with people who are in their 90s and young college students.

Beyond club meetings, Hanson goes on movie dates with his Breakfast Club friends and will send them postcards whenever he travels and has to miss a gathering.

“It’s a way to start off the day right,” he says.

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