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.).
Resource Network will continue to sponsor these Community Outreach Days
throughout the upcoming year as funding permits. This depends in large
measure on the generosity and financial support of the general public.
While the number of pounds of chicken seems significant, this food
distribution fills no more than a two week need in our local communities.
"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!"