Northside Anti-Hunger Network:
"Supporting the operations of our member agencies in their response to the hunger needs of our community"
Welcome!
NAHN's Farmers' Market Outreach:
The First Six Weeks
The First Six Weeks
From July 17 to August 25, 2011, NAHN's farmers' market
coordinators have been busy! Completing twelve out of twenty outreach
days, Becki (Uptown) and Pam (Rogers Park) have represented nine
different NAHN agencies and collected baskets and baskets of fresh,
local produce!
This produce, donated by market patrons and market vendors, is taken directly to a highlighted NAHN agency where it is cooked or distributed to our neighbors.
To see photos the first six weeks of our Farmers' Market Outreach Program and to see the total amount of produce collected from each market so far, click here!
This produce, donated by market patrons and market vendors, is taken directly to a highlighted NAHN agency where it is cooked or distributed to our neighbors.
To see photos the first six weeks of our Farmers' Market Outreach Program and to see the total amount of produce collected from each market so far, click here!
November 8th
At Sulzer Regional Library
(4455 N. Lincoln)
Please join us at Sulzer Regional Library (4455 Lincoln) for the pre-meeting "Meet and Greet" beginning at 2:45 for refreshments and conversation.
The business portion of the meeting goes from 3-4:30 P.M.
Everyone is welcome.
Click here to see other upcoming events!
Freedom Food Drive a Success
Jennifer Kepp during her Freedom Food Drive on August 20
Last November, NAHN brought you SNAPshots--a local photography exhibit about hunger and SNAP benefits on the Northside of Chicago.
This coming autumn, St. James Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Chicago is hosting Michael Nye's photography exhibit, About Hunger and Resilience alongside SNAPshots! Nye's exhibit--a national commentary on hunger--combines black and white images with personal narratives to give hunger a face and a story. SNAPshots, a visual conversation about hunger and SNAP benefits on the Northside of Chicago, has toured the seven Whole Foods locations in Chicago and Evanston AND appeared at the Chicago Food Policy Summit in March 2011 since its debut at the Chicago Photography Center last fall.
Nye's 50 portraits and NAHN's SNAPshots will be on display around the cathedral space and open to the public throughout the entire month of October 2011.
Click here for more information.
Celebrate Food Day: Food in Focus
October 24th
At Sulzer Regional Library
(4455 N. Lincoln)
Please join us at Sulzer Regional Library (4455 Lincoln) for the pre-meeting "Meet and Greet" beginning at 2:45 for refreshments and conversation.
The business portion of the meeting goes from 3-4:30 P.M.
Everyone is welcome.
Click here to see other upcoming events!
Freedom Food Drive a Success
Jennifer Kepp during her Freedom Food Drive on August 20
Early this summer, Jennifer Kepp--A Chicago resident and employee of the Halsted Whole Foods--noticed an alarming trend. "I noticed that when peopel came through the check out line with gluten-free or dairy-free foods, it (the cost) really started to add up," she said. "I couldn't imagine how hard it would be for people with wheat or dairy allergies to buy those foods on a budget!"
This realized prompted Jennifer to organize a food drive at the Lakeview Whole Foods on August 20, 2011. From 10 A.M. until 6 P.M., Jennifer asked shoppers to buy and donate foods that would fit special dietary requirements. Benefiting five NAHN agencies--Lakeview Pantry, Common Pantry, Ravenswood Community Services, EZRA, and Christopher House--the "Freedom Food Drive" was a wild success. To see the food that Jennifer we able to offer NAHN agencies, follow this link.
This realized prompted Jennifer to organize a food drive at the Lakeview Whole Foods on August 20, 2011. From 10 A.M. until 6 P.M., Jennifer asked shoppers to buy and donate foods that would fit special dietary requirements. Benefiting five NAHN agencies--Lakeview Pantry, Common Pantry, Ravenswood Community Services, EZRA, and Christopher House--the "Freedom Food Drive" was a wild success. To see the food that Jennifer we able to offer NAHN agencies, follow this link.
SNAPshots and
About Hunger and Resilience
Last November, NAHN brought you SNAPshots--a local photography exhibit about hunger and SNAP benefits on the Northside of Chicago.
This coming autumn, St. James Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Chicago is hosting Michael Nye's photography exhibit, About Hunger and Resilience alongside SNAPshots! Nye's exhibit--a national commentary on hunger--combines black and white images with personal narratives to give hunger a face and a story. SNAPshots, a visual conversation about hunger and SNAP benefits on the Northside of Chicago, has toured the seven Whole Foods locations in Chicago and Evanston AND appeared at the Chicago Food Policy Summit in March 2011 since its debut at the Chicago Photography Center last fall.
Nye's 50 portraits and NAHN's SNAPshots will be on display around the cathedral space and open to the public throughout the entire month of October 2011.
Click here for more information.
Celebrate Food Day: Food in Focus
October 24th
Mark your calendars for October 24, 2011--National Food Day!
On this date, the Northside Anti-Hunger Network, the Glenwood Sunday Market, and St. James Cathedral are hosting a Food Day Event--Food In Focus--at St. James Cathedral from 8-10 A.M. Please join us to tour two photography exhibits on hunger and to hear a short address from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. Refreshments will be served.
And click here to learn about how you can be involved.
Recycling Pilot Program
NAHN's group of four talented Northwestern Industrial Engineering
students presented their solutions to NAHN's recycling problem at
NAHN's June picnic. Their approach to this issue was thoughtful and
innovative...and even presented a way that NAHN could turn a surplus of
cardboard into dollar bills!
