2nd Annual Hunger Bowl was a success!
Thank you to Edison Park Lutheran Church and to Edison Park Inn for a fantastic Hunger Bowl on Sunday, February 22nd. We hope that everyone who attended enjoyed themselves. The picture at left shows the bags of food collected on Sunday.
Results from the event will be shared once they have been received. In the meantime, if you have any photos from the event that you wish to share for posting on our website or Facebook page, please send them as .jpg or .gif attachments to nhcfp.chicago@gmail.com.
Results from the event will be shared once they have been received. In the meantime, if you have any photos from the event that you wish to share for posting on our website or Facebook page, please send them as .jpg or .gif attachments to nhcfp.chicago@gmail.com.
A massive "thank you" for a massive effort
We really cannot thank the enthusiastic staff and generous customers of Whole Foods Market Park Ridge enough for every dollar raised during the Feed 4 More event. These funds will go to good use and will allow NHCFP to feed a whole lot of neighbors who need a little help.
Action Opportunity
Click here to learn more about Bread for the World's 2015 Campaign to Feed America's Children and what you can do to support this initiative.
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A group of kids from St. Alban’s Episcopal Church and New Hope UMC gathered on Saturday, January 31st to create birthday bags to be distributed to food pantry clients. Each birthday bag contains cake mix, icing and cupcake wrappers as well as balloons, stickers, candles, a birthday card, noisemaker and a birthday hat.
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New Hope Community Food Pantry Selected for "AT&T Investing in Illinois Award"
Our thanks to AT&T for selecting NHCFP for this award. We are grateful to Alderman Mary O'Connor, State Senator John Mulroe, and State Representative Michael McAuliffe for nominating us. This award will help the food pantry significantly in fulfilling its mission in 2015. Read more here. Visit our Facebook page to see more photos. While you're there, don't forget to "like" us!
Have any special skills and some free time? Permanent volunteer opportunities available.
Please visit the Volunteer page to learn more about current ongoing volunteer opportunities at NHCFP.
Q4 2014 Newsletter published
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Additional Community Health Resource Guides
Some of you may have seen information about the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) that was conducted in our area. There have been several community activities held in 2014 to address specific needs identified in this study.
New Hope Community Food Pantry's Director, Rev. Marilyn Doering, has been an active member of a community health action team in 2014. Several resource guides have been created by this team for use by anyone in the community.
As of Monday, January 5th 2015, you will also be able to call 877-737-4636 and speak to someone for assistance with getting health care help that you may need.
A guide to mental health resources can be found here.
A guide to health-related transportation resources can be found here.
A general guide to other healthcare resources can be found here.
New Hope Community Food Pantry's Director, Rev. Marilyn Doering, has been an active member of a community health action team in 2014. Several resource guides have been created by this team for use by anyone in the community.
As of Monday, January 5th 2015, you will also be able to call 877-737-4636 and speak to someone for assistance with getting health care help that you may need.
A guide to mental health resources can be found here.
A guide to health-related transportation resources can be found here.
A general guide to other healthcare resources can be found here.
Action Opportunities
On Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, volunteers processed a large food donation from the Resurrection High School food drive. Click here to see volunteers in action.
Join Bread for the World's campaign to ask lawmakers to support the Global Food Security Act. The 2014 Act passed the House of Representatives on December 10th and has gone to the Senate.
Join Bread for the World's campaign to ask lawmakers to support the Global Food Security Act. The 2014 Act passed the House of Representatives on December 10th and has gone to the Senate.
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December Holiday DistributionThank you to everyone and every group who donated food, money, cookies, toys, gift cards, storage space, and time to our December holiday distribution. We served 208 families on Saturday, December 13th.
Toyland volunteers assisted clients in selecting over 600 new toys in addition to stocking stuffer items. Santa posed for lots of photos with volunteers and clients! Photos can be found on our Photos Page and on our Facebook Page. Anyone who has additional photos from December 13th to post can send them to nhcfp.chicago@gmail.com. We are unable to post photos that show client faces or the face of any child under the age of 18 without a signed consent form. |
Photos from Thanksgiving Setup are now on our Photos Page and on our Facebook Page. Don't forget to "like" us on Facebook.
New Hope Community Food Pantry served 215 families on Saturday, November 22nd. That is an all-time record for a Thanksgiving distribution.
Thank You!!
We are grateful to Onahan School and Angela Riley from Baird & Warner-Edgebrook for the donation of winter coats for children and adults received on November 17th.
Many thanks to the "helpful hardware folks" at Ace Hardware Norwood Park--and all the neighbors who participated-- for their recent food drive.
An immense amount of gratitude to St. Mary of the Woods for its recent school food drive and the ongoing support of the entire parish.
"Thank you" to the following groups:
Edison Park Lutheran Church for the gift of funds raised as part of the recent holiday concert.
Nina Kuzniak and everyone from Mather-More than a Café for donations of food and money collected at their holiday chorus concert on December 12th 2014. Extra thanks for keeping a food donation bin at their site!
Dympna Fay-Hart and Century 21 McMullen for its December 12th 2014 gift of much-needed gift cards.
Niles Community Church Women's Group for their gift of food donations.
Edgebrook School for food donation collected by 1st graders
Fastmore Logistics for their generous donation of toys
St. Vincent de Paul site at Immaculate Conception for food donations to help with fill Thanksgiving bags
Immaculate Conception elementary school students for food donations
Dempster Foundation for clothing donations to the Chic Boutique
Edison Park Lutheran Church for weekly food donations
First United Methodist Church of Park Ridge for food donations
Tia Simpson for coordinating a food drive at Ebinger School and her Brownie troop
Anytime Fitness for food donations
Total Life Chiropractic for its recent food drive
St. Juliana Catholic Church for food donations
Ministerial Association for monetary and food item donations collected as part of the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Prayer service held at Resurrection Retirement Center
Many thanks to the "helpful hardware folks" at Ace Hardware Norwood Park--and all the neighbors who participated-- for their recent food drive.
An immense amount of gratitude to St. Mary of the Woods for its recent school food drive and the ongoing support of the entire parish.
"Thank you" to the following groups:
Edison Park Lutheran Church for the gift of funds raised as part of the recent holiday concert.
Nina Kuzniak and everyone from Mather-More than a Café for donations of food and money collected at their holiday chorus concert on December 12th 2014. Extra thanks for keeping a food donation bin at their site!
Dympna Fay-Hart and Century 21 McMullen for its December 12th 2014 gift of much-needed gift cards.
Niles Community Church Women's Group for their gift of food donations.
Edgebrook School for food donation collected by 1st graders
Fastmore Logistics for their generous donation of toys
St. Vincent de Paul site at Immaculate Conception for food donations to help with fill Thanksgiving bags
Immaculate Conception elementary school students for food donations
Dempster Foundation for clothing donations to the Chic Boutique
Edison Park Lutheran Church for weekly food donations
First United Methodist Church of Park Ridge for food donations
Tia Simpson for coordinating a food drive at Ebinger School and her Brownie troop
Anytime Fitness for food donations
Total Life Chiropractic for its recent food drive
St. Juliana Catholic Church for food donations
Ministerial Association for monetary and food item donations collected as part of the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Prayer service held at Resurrection Retirement Center
Food Pantry Open at Hines VA Hospital
See the announcement from GCFD here and the Chicago Tribune coverage here.
Thank you, Wendy's, for your support!
We owe a big "thank you" to the newly renovated Wendy's at 5472 N. Harlem Avenue for its generous donation to New Hope Community Food Pantry.
We Want to Connect With You!
Your volunteer-run community food pantry is turning 10 years old in November 2014. We're taking that major milestone as an opportunity to celebrate all that we have accomplished through a very trying time in US history and as an opportunity to try new things that will help support our mission for as long as we are needed.
You may have noticed the tiny bird in the upper right-hand corner. Click on it to visit our newly-launched Twitter page. We'll be using that as an additional communication channel to interact with volunteers, supporters, and clients. If you are a member of the TwitterNation, follow us!
You can also follow the little "f" link next to the tiny bird to reach our shiny new Facebook page. We know you like us, so please "like" us!
We have created a blog on this site as another forum to exchange information, ideas, stories, calls to action, etc. We encourage you to share your thoughts on topics posted there.
You may have noticed the tiny bird in the upper right-hand corner. Click on it to visit our newly-launched Twitter page. We'll be using that as an additional communication channel to interact with volunteers, supporters, and clients. If you are a member of the TwitterNation, follow us!
You can also follow the little "f" link next to the tiny bird to reach our shiny new Facebook page. We know you like us, so please "like" us!
We have created a blog on this site as another forum to exchange information, ideas, stories, calls to action, etc. We encourage you to share your thoughts on topics posted there.
New Hope Community Food Pantry served 270 families totaling 973 people in September 2014. This is a nearly 28% increase over the number of people served in September 2013. For the period of January-September 2014, NHCFP served the same number of people that were served for the period of January-September 2013.
The need for emergency food in our service area is not decreasing. Please support your community food pantry in any way that you can.
The need for emergency food in our service area is not decreasing. Please support your community food pantry in any way that you can.
Food Collection Box Locations in the Community
Can't make it to NHCFP on Mondays to drop off food donations? Boxes are located in several places in our service area for the collection of unexpired, non-perishable food donations. Boxes are located inside each of these businesses and are accessible during each establishment's normal business hours.
Boxes are located at the following locations:
Popular Bank Presence Resurrection Medical Center Merrimack Park Field House
7181 W. Irving Park Rd. Health Club 6343 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60634 7435 W. Talcott Ave. Chicago, IL 60634
Chicago, IL 60631
US Bank Norwood Park Train Station Mather's-More than a Café
6100 N. Northwest Hwy. 6088 N. Northwest Hwy. 7134 W. Higgins Ave.
Chicago, IL 60631 Chicago, IL 60631 Chicago, IL 60656
Park Ridge Farmers Market (Seasonal Location)
Saturdays Only while the Market is open--Closed until May 2015
15 Prairie Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Boxes are located at the following locations:
Popular Bank Presence Resurrection Medical Center Merrimack Park Field House
7181 W. Irving Park Rd. Health Club 6343 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60634 7435 W. Talcott Ave. Chicago, IL 60634
Chicago, IL 60631
US Bank Norwood Park Train Station Mather's-More than a Café
6100 N. Northwest Hwy. 6088 N. Northwest Hwy. 7134 W. Higgins Ave.
Chicago, IL 60631 Chicago, IL 60631 Chicago, IL 60656
Park Ridge Farmers Market (Seasonal Location)
Saturdays Only while the Market is open--Closed until May 2015
15 Prairie Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Ham Dinner Donation from St. James Lutheran church
A very special thank you to a group of volunteers from St. James Lutheran Church for the donation of 80 ham dinners for distribution to clients on Tuesday, October 14th.
Thank You to Everyone Who Supported Our Flash Food Drive
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A very special thank you to Jewel at Foster/Harlem and to everyone donated food and/or money on Saturday, October 11th. The NHCFP volunteer team collected 7 full carts of much-needed food items and a generous amount of money from Saturday shoppers.
It Was a Beautiful Day
We are grateful to all of the volunteers and participants who made the Northwest Side Hunger Walk a success of Sunday, September 28. Funds raised will benefit local food charities and Heifer International.
Pictured at left are participants from St. Mary of the Woods Teen Group and Father Patrick Cecil.
Pictured at left are participants from St. Mary of the Woods Teen Group and Father Patrick Cecil.
There are many ways you can support NHCFP in its mission to feed the hungry in your neighborhood: make a one-time or ongoing monetary donation, volunteer your time and expertise to the running of the food pantry, hold a food drive in your church/family/school/neighborhood, research political candidates' actions on hunger issues before you go out to vote, or simply let someone who needs help know that the New Hope Community Food Pantry exists.
Thank you to the Presence Resurrection Retirement Community for your generous ongoing donations of food and funds.
Feeding America's 2014 "Hunger in America" Report Published
We have been anticipating the release of the 2014 "Hunger in America" report, which is the largest undertaking of its kind in the US to examine hunger nationally. This report is a "must read" for anyone who wants to understand the reasons that NHCFP has been in operation for nearly 10 years.
Hunger exists even in places we least expect. Please consider making a monetary or most urgently-needed item donation to NHCFP to support us in helping our Northwest Side neighbors.
The full report is available from the Feeding America site, which is here.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository was a participant in the Hunger in America study. Their high-level results, representing need in Cook County, are available here. The Cook County results vary slightly from the overall nation-wide results, but the continuing need for emergency food supplies is very apparent.
Following are several key findings from the national report that resonate with NHCFP and our experiences serving the Northwest Side.
Hunger exists even in places we least expect. Please consider making a monetary or most urgently-needed item donation to NHCFP to support us in helping our Northwest Side neighbors.
The full report is available from the Feeding America site, which is here.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository was a participant in the Hunger in America study. Their high-level results, representing need in Cook County, are available here. The Cook County results vary slightly from the overall nation-wide results, but the continuing need for emergency food supplies is very apparent.
Following are several key findings from the national report that resonate with NHCFP and our experiences serving the Northwest Side.
"Client households often survive on limited budgets and are confronted with choices between paying for food and paying for other essentials. These dilemmas can put households in the position of choosing between competing necessities."
"In addition to charitable nutrition assistance programs and making spending tradeoffs, many households also engage in a number of other coping strategies in order to feed their families."
Community Health Needs Assessment Report Prompts Action at NHCFPPresence Resurrection Medical Center (PRMC) published its Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) report of the state of health in the community served by NHCFP and surrounding suburbs. The study highlights health-related issues that affect many of our clients and others in our community.
In response to the findings of this report, NHCFP and PRMC have partnered in several initiatives where health, nutrition, and community needs intersect. In addition to providing select free basic health services to food pantry clients on a weekly basis, this partnership will result in some very exciting programs in future. Check back for updates throughout the year. NHCFP extends a very enthusiastic "THANK YOU" to the Park Ridge Farmer's Market and all of the farmers who donated fresh produce June-October 2014. There is such a demand amongst our clients for fresh fruits and vegetables, which are very difficult for many of them to either locate or afford. The ability to offer fresh produce helps NHCFP in its goal to provide clients with emergency food that supports its community health efforts as part of the CHNA team.
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