Maggie Baird Hosts Billie Eilish, Finneas, Extra at Support+Feed Occasion

Environmental advocate Maggie Baird, mom to Grammy Award-winning singers Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, hosted a star-studded pickleball occasion over the weekend to fight meals insecurity.

Support+Feed, the nonprofit based by Baird, hosted its inaugural Pickleball Invitational and Game Night Fundraiser on Saturday at PIKL L.A.

The sport evening introduced collectively celebrities, group companions and supporters to boost consciousness for a trigger that Baird has been vocal about for a number of years. Several notable company attended the occasion, together with her youngsters, Eilish and O’Connell; Angelina Jolie and her son, Pax Jolie-Pitt; Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard; and former Spice Girls singer Melanie C.

“Our work in L.A. has taken on even greater urgency since the fires last year,” Baird completely advised The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s extremely moving to see our community come together to support our neighbors.”

Attendees had been handled to plant-based meals from Support+Feed companion Cena Vegan and Strong Roots, who additionally partially sponsored the occasion. Both corporations have beforehand labored with the nonprofit in distributing meals. Live Nation served because the presenting sponsor together with expertise company WME.

Baird gave remarks on the mission of the occasion and her group earlier than kicking off the pickleball match. Beginners and seasoned gamers alike competed with hopes of reaching the championship spherical. For those that opted out of taking part in pickleball, there have been different video games, together with UNO or ping-pong, accessible and a lounge for company to seize a drink.

Proceeds from the evening went to supporting Support+Feed’s mission, which provides group meal programming, emergency aid efforts, meals entry initiatives, academic programming and extra. The nonprofit, which Baird based in 2020, was closely concerned in supporting the L.A. communities that had been rebuilding within the wake of the lethal 2025 wildfires.

Support+Feed tackles the local weather disaster via the lens of meals. “Getting people to understand that what we eat matters, and every time you can make a more sustainable choice, make more plant-based food, that makes a major impact,” Baird beforehand advised The Hollywood Reporter.

“The music industry has so much power to do that. Every arena, every stadium, every venue is serving so many people that if you make your menu 80 percent plant-based, you’re going to make such a big impact,” she continued.

Baird has been a powerful advocate of sustainability in leisure via her work on Eilish’s excursions, which included a push for plant-based meals choices on the venues, discovering extra sustainable journey choices when potential and internet hosting meals drives at choose stops. The environmentalist lately partnered with public media group WETA for a brand new sustainable life-style sequence, Climate Kitchen, which is ready to air in 2027.