Tag: hunger

  • The Art of Joy and Giving

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    In early March 2021, students and faculty members of Downers Grove High School North decorated and embellished 350 of our Outreach Pantry Packs. Each Pantry Pack consists of 2 bags of Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal, 2 bags of Mac and Cheese, 2 bags of Rice and Beans, and 1 bag of Pasta with Tomato Basil. That’s…

  • Steps to Hosting an Event

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    Have you ever wanted to host an event but don’t know how to begin? First, watch this 2 minute video of the power of a meal packaging event to engage people:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW2fhthz8QE Here are the Steps to Hosting an Event: Gather a team Choose a location Select a date Determine where the meals are going…

  • Who Stole Floyd’s Bicycle?


    Who stole Floyd’s bicycle? Chapter 3 Who stole Floyd’s bicycle? You won’t believe the answer, but this is a true story. While working on the AIDs hospice in Nkungi village, Floyd’s major form of transportation was a bicycle with his plastic bucket of tools strapped to the back. Nkungi is not large so navigating the…

  • How Many People Can We Feed With The Burly Log?

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    “Just how many people can we feed from items created from The Burly Log?” That was the question Rick McNary, our retired VP of Private & Public Partnerships for Outreach asked himself after a friend gave him this Siberian Elm full of burls. “I have worked with wood for over thirty years and have a…

  • Free book! “Changing the Way we Talk About Hunger”

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    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Did you know that you can feed a person in the U.S for a year less than what it costs to hospitalize them for a day? Did you know that agricultural production has to increase by 75% in the next 35 years in order to feed…

  • ANNOUNCING: The Instant Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal for Your Next Packaging Event!

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    Once again, The Outreach Program creates a nutritious meal for local hunger.  The Instant Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal meal is popular not only with kids, but adults love it, too! Like our other meal varieties, this new meal was created in collaboration with Iowa State University Food Science Department. All of our meals are designed to…

  • Create an Outreach Meals Pack Program in Your Community!

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    Outreach introduces the Outreach Meals Pack designed to provide school children, families and seniors with a 3-day supply of food. This program is ideal for a sponsoring organization to help those in need in your community. There’s a difference between food and nutritious food. Outreach meals are created in collaboration with Iowa State University Food…

  • Understanding the Hunger Space: Part 1

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    The Two Most Important Concepts             We, at Outreach, believe that hunger is the world’s most solvable problem. Do you believe that, too? Perhaps you’re like a lot of people and would like to see it solved, but not sure how it is possible. Join us on this series, Understanding the Hunger Space, as we…

  • Package 1.5M Meals with Outreach and AARP on 9/11 & 12 in DC!

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    Join us on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 11th and/or 12th to package 1.5 million of our Rice and Bean Casserole meals. To register, go here. We will be by the Reflecting Pool near the WWII Memorial. On 9/11 of last year, we packaged 1.2 million meals with over 5,000 volunteers. To…

  • Congress Approves Global Food Security Act

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    . Congress Passes Global Food Security Act Did you know that agricultural production has to increase 75 percent in the next 35 years in order to feed the world’s population of 9 billion people by 2050? That means that in the next 35 years, the farmers of the world have to grow twice as much…