Community Outreach Day
80,000 Pounds of Chicken Will Be Provided to 60 Local Food Pantries and Shelters
Call to Action to bring Non-Perishable Items to Help Fight Hunger
Northbrook, IL, October 14, 2013 - Hunger Resource Network (HRN), an all-volunteer, local non-profit organization dedicated to the alleviation of hunger, is sponsoring an upcoming Community Outreach Day on Saturday,
November 9th, from 7:00-10:00am in the parking lot of Sunset Foods, 1127 Church Street, Northbrook, IL. Please join us as 80,000 pounds of chicken will be distributed to over sixty area food pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens. Hunger Resource Network is providing the chicken at no cost to the recipient agencies by purchasing the chicken directly from Tyson Foods.
This Community Outreach day follows two very successful, similar events sponsored by Hunger Resource Network and others in 2012. With the help of volunteers from the community, including representatives from the Northbrook Fire Department, the Northbrook Public Works Department, Kraft Foods, local churches and the Northwestern University Athletic Department, HRN distributed over 140,000 pounds of chicken to Chicago-area food pantries and shelters. This event is made possible in part by the generosity of Sunset Foods in allowing HRN to use the store parking lot as the distribution point. Ron Bernardi, Sunset Foods' Director of Community Events and Bruce Gonzalez, Northbrook store manager, are passionate about helping to alleviate hunger and participated in last year's Outreach Day. "We are happy to host the 2013 Community Outreach Day for Hunger Resource Network and assist in helping those in need in our community," said Gonzalez.
In addition to the chicken distribution on November 9th, Hunger Resource Network is partnering with the Northfield Township Food Pantry to collect non-perishable items for the food pantry to help fill the many needs for the upcoming holiday season. Those who wish to help in our fight against hunger may bring any of the following items to the Northbrook Sunset Foods parking lot before 10:00 am on November 9th: pancake mix, syrup, pasta, pasta sauce, cereal, oatmeal, baking items (flour, sugar and mixes) and dry dinner mixes (e.g., Velveeta Shells & Cheese, Hamburger Helper, etc.).
"We are thrilled to be able to sponsor and hold this event again to help over 60 agencies in our area who work tirelessly to serve those in need," said Daniel Jariabka, President of Hunger Resource Network. "We're very grateful to Sunset Foods and Tyson Foods for their assistance in making this day happen for those less fortunate than ourselves. We continue to seek the public's support to help us hold these events more frequently during 2014. Join us on the morning of November 9th at the Northbrook Sunset Foods. We hope to see you there!"