Northern Illinois Food Bank
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Target demographics: NIFB serves all those in need of food assistance, regardless of age, gender, race, or creed.
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Volunteers are needed to sort and process food to go out to hungry families.
Geographic areas served: 13 northern Illinois counties: Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, and Winnebago
Mission:
Northern Illinois Food Bank’s Mission (NIFB) is to create a hunger-free northern Illinois by providing nutritious food to all those in need through our own efforts and those of our nonprofit partners.
NIFB acquires, gathers, handles, and distributes donated, government, and purchased food to more than 61,000 different people each week through local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, youth activity centers and other food assistance sites. In Fiscal Year 2011 NIFB distributed nearly 35 million pounds of food. The Food Bank moved into its new Community Nutrition and Food Distribution Center in September 2011 to enable them to handle more food more efficiently to meet the increasing demand.
NIFB acquires, gathers, handles, and distributes donated, government, and purchased food to more than 61,000 different people each week through local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, youth activity centers and other food assistance sites. In Fiscal Year 2011 NIFB distributed nearly 35 million pounds of food. The Food Bank moved into its new Community Nutrition and Food Distribution Center in September 2011 to enable them to handle more food more efficiently to meet the increasing demand.
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CatieBarron
05/11/12
One day while working at NIFB a distressed single mother phoned in desperately seeking milk and food for her children. Her spouse had not delivered her support and she had neither food nor money to feed her children with. She was frantic with the thought of her children going to bed hungry and she ...
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derhak00
12/07/11
I have been volunteering at the Northern Illinois Food Bank for 8 years. It is great being able to work with churches and other organizations as well as individuals and families who want to help those in need. It is a priviledge to help out at a food bank where the staff is setting the trends that...
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Lisa2345678910111213141516171819
11/22/11
The Northern Illinois Food Bank is one of my favorite local charities. With one in six people in Illinois being food insecure, their work in distributing food is so important! Many people aren't aware that NIFB also has a positive effect on the environment. We use a tremendous amount of fresh ...
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