September is Hunger Action Month

Food insecurity exists in our Northern Illinois neighborhood. A 2014 study shows the following for the 13 counties (Boone, DuPage, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will & Winnebago) served by the Northern Illinois Food Bank:

• Children under age 18 make up 36% of our hungry neighbors, while seniors age 60 and older make up 9%.
• Among all hungry neighbors, 40% identify as white, 33% identify as Hispanic or Latino and 17% identify as black or African American.
• 66% of households that use the Food Bank’s services have incomes that fall at or below the federal poverty level.
• Clients are making tough choices:  77% of households the Food Bank serves had to choose between paying for food and utilities in the past 12 months, and 62% had to choose between food and paying for medicine/medical care in the past 12 months.

Missions, Justice & Community Work Area is donating $1,000 to help fight hunger in Northern Illinois.

You, too, can help fight hunger with a donation:

Donate to the Northern Illinois Food Bank: 
A $1.00 donation to the NIFB = $8.00 in food distributed to area food pantries
Donate online at solvehungertoday.org
Mail a check made out to Northern Illinois Food Bank (273 Dearborn Court, Geneva, IL 60134)
Make a gift by phone, call 630.443.6910.

Donate to the People's Resource Center Food Pantries:  peoplesrc.org/donate.

Walk or sponsor a DGFUMC walker in the Crop Walk on Sunday, October 18 at dgfumc.org.
100% of contributions to CROP Walk go to local food pantries and to Church World Service to alleviate hunger, locally and worldwide.