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Hunger Resource Network Community Outreach Day

Hunger Resource Network Sponsors Upcoming
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.).

Hunger

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!"
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