June eNews and Virtual Food Drive Updates

June 2013

Celebrate Summer with Lakeview Pantry!

What's in season this summer? Along with apricots, berries, and watermelon, summer is the season for celebration.

We have much to be thankful for here at the Pantry and we would like to celebrate that this month by spotlighting a few types of community involvement and by asking you to join in on the fun.

In this newsletter you will be invited to join us in Hunger Walk festivities, read about the wedding celebration of two of our volunteers, see a fun recent donation, and celebrate summer with our newest campaign, "Keep The Barrel Full: Virtual Food Drive."

May the season see you well!

Sincerely,

Gary Garland

Executive Director

In This Issue

Virtual Food Drive Update

Community Involvement: Dog Food!

Community Involvement: Wedding Pictures

Upcoming Events

5 Things We Like

Education and Advocacy

Thank Yous

Virtual Food Drive Update

If you read our announcement email last Friday, you know that today, Monday 6/17 is day 4 of our 10 day virtual food drive for our Keep The Barrel Full campaign!

As you can see, we are not quite there yet. Help us meet our goal of raising enough funds for 300,000 lbs of food by donating here.

All donations will be matched 100% up to $10,000! Help us Keep The Barrel Full.

Follow Our Progress Here

Community Involvement Update: Tree House Humane Society

We recently received a huge donation of pet food from Tree House Humane Society. They donated over 20 bags of varying sizes of dry dog food and dog treats which are all natural and/or organic. We do worry about food insecurity of pets of our clients, so this is a very important donation.

We are very grateful for this donation and we celebrate our future partnership!

Read More

Community Involvement Update: Volunteer Wedding

Two of our wonderful volunteers recently got married, and invited guests to donate to Lakeview Pantry in lieu of a gift!

How beautiful is this celebration?

Read about the volunteers and check out more photos here

Hunger Walk 2013

Join the Lakeview Pantry team in the festivities the at the 28th Annual Hunger Walk on June 29th at 8am. Your participation will provide $12 toward the Pantry's food and service bill with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

The walk is a 5k, so bring your kids, friends, and families, anyone can participate!

Fill out the form here to receive more information as it becomes available.

Walk Day Information

Please meet Andy Dearing, Outreach Assistant, at the north east corner of McFetridge Drive and Lake Shore Drive on Saturday, June 29th at 7:45am. He will be holding blue balloons so you can easily identify the group. At this point, he will gather the group and a team photo will be taken. If you have trouble finding the group on the day of the event, please feel free to call Andy's cell at 716.517.0451. At approximately 8:15 the team will begin to walk towards the registration tent and the walk will start at 8:30am. The walk is 5K or 3.1 miles and self-paced, feel free to take your time!

5 Things We Like

1. An Astronaut Chef

2. June Superfoods

3. 12 people making a difference in Chicago

4. 20 Food Proverbs

5. Chicago Aldermen on Affordable Housing

Education and Advocacy Spotlight

Our Education and Advocacy Department recently commissioned a study with Heartland Alliance's Social IMPACT Research Center as to the demographics of our clients. Read all about who makes up our community here.

Thank Yous

We would like to give a big shout out to Homemade Pizza Co., Hamburger Mary's, and Half Acre Beer Company who all hosted fantastic events for our organization in the past month. Collectively, they raised over $1,500 for Lakeview Pantry Services.