Loaves & Fishes Blog | Anti-poverty and Hunger Relief Agency

Red Rocker Helps Fight Hunger

July 4th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Programs, Stories of Hope David Brown, entertainment, Event, exchange club, Fishes, food, Hagar, hagar family foundation, hunger, Loaves, Loaves & Fishes, Loaves and Fishes, Mondelez, Naperville, naperville ribfest, performance, red rocker, ribfest, Sammy Hagar, selck, shelly schmitz, van halen

“It takes a village to raise a child,” said Megan Selck, Loaves & Fishes’ President and CEO. Family life and services are primary focuses to Loaves & Fishes, making every volunteer, donation and contribution a positive difference maker. A new addition to our cause is Sammy Hager, front man of The Circle and a member… Read more »

DuPage Foundation Helps Renovation Efforts

June 25th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Programs

Thx @DuPageFdn for granting us $15,000 toward the purchase of new refrigeration in our grocery market! #philanthropy pic.twitter.com/yuKezELilh — Loaves & Fishes (@loaves_fishes) June 24, 2015

Returning to her Roots

May 13th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Hunger Facts, Programs, Stories of Hope agriculture, course, diane, diane ramonas, elementary, elmwood, Fishes, fruit, fruits, garden, gardening, golf, L&F, Loaves, Loaves & Fishes, Loaves and Fishes, Naperville, ramonas, school, school garden, springbrook, vegetable, vegetables, veggies

I was delighted to attend the ribbon-cutting on Thursday for the Elmwood Elementary School garden. I had been notified of this event several months ago by Sandy Bell, the organizer of this amazing project, after she had read my blog. Other schools in Naperville have gardens that have been successfully producing vegetables and fruits for… Read more »

The Recipe for Success

May 13th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Hunger Facts, Programs, Stories of Hope client, cook, cook book, cookbook, cooking, cooking light, delicious, eat, eating, Fishes, food, food insecurity, foodie, good eating, Loaves, nutrition, recipe, recipe book, tasty, wellness

I’m not really a recipe person. When (if) I prepare dinner, it’s really more about what’s in the refrigerator than anything else. I like flexibility when I cook, and the whole idea that a lot of food will not be going to waste. After starting with a few fundamentals, like mirepoix or pesto, I feel… Read more »

Stamp Out Hunger Marks Success

May 11th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community carrier, DuPage, Food drive, hunger, letter, letter carrier, mail, mailman, NALC, Naperville, National Association of Letter Carriers, Post Office, postal, postal carrier, Stamp out Hunger

We have weighed in 76,000 lbs of food donated @StampOutHunger with more donations coming in! #fooddrive #food pic.twitter.com/H8WXbggkji — Loaves & Fishes (@loaves_fishes) May 12, 2015

ConAgra Foods Foundation grants $150,000 for Client Engagement Model

May 8th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Programs chicago, ConAgra, ConAgra Foods, corporate social responsibility, CSR, DuPage, Fishes, food, Foundation, grant, Loaves, Loaves and Fishes, McGough, Naperville, philanthropy, Thomas McGough, Tom McGough

Thanks @conagrafoods for granting us $150,000 toward our Client Engagement Model! #giveback #endhunger #empowerlives #makeadifference #philanthropy A photo posted by Loaves & Fishes (@loavesfishes1984) on May 8, 2015 at 9:49am PDT

Team L&F Running in the Rain

April 25th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Volunteer News DuPage, Fishes, giving, Giving DuPage, Human Race, L&F, Loaves, Loaves and Fishes, race, run, team

The Giving DuPage Human Race was a blast today! #race #raceday #run A photo posted by Loaves & Fishes (@loavesfishes1984) on Apr 25, 2015 at 3:37pm PDT

Spotlight on Child Hunger Opens Discussion, Promotes Collaboration

April 17th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Hunger Facts, Programs boston university, Cadence, CDH, central dupage hospital, child, Child Hunger, child nutrition, children, children's healthwatch, development, Dr., dr. john cook, Dr. Sandy Goldberg, early childhood, edward hospital, food, food insecurity, health, hunger, illinois governor's office, jennifer mcnulty, john cook, kids, linda van horn, NBC 5, Northwestern University, nutrition, pediatrics, Sandy Goldberg, school of medicine, theresa hawley, wellness, winfield

"Toxic stress can damage the brain architecture of young, developing children" Dr. John Cook #childhealth pic.twitter.com/lbZYNb4v48 — Loaves & Fishes (@loaves_fishes) April 17, 2015

How Could Proposed Funding Cuts Impact Client Families?

March 23rd, 2015 loaves-fishes Community, Hunger Facts, Programs budget, child poverty, childhood, DuPage, Education, healthy families, illinois, illinois department, illinois department of children and family services, Kids Count, Larry joseph, metropolitan, new poor, new poverty, poverty, quinn, state budget, suburban, suburbs, Voices from Illinois children, working families

Child poverty, unfortunately, is a growing epidemic in the state of Illinois. No one wants to see a child suffer. No one likes reading or hearing about a child being abused or neglected. We are aware of programs, services, and even policies at both the state and federal level that have been effective reducing child… Read more »

Exchange Club of Naperville’s Ribfest Make Major Impact

March 17th, 2015 loaves-fishes Community DuPage, exchange club, Fishes, Loaves, Naperville, ribfest

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