TOGETHER WE ARE SOLVING HUNGER IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS ® 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 HIGHLIGHTS LETTER TO OUR FOOD BANK FAMILY Dear Food Bank Friends, them in food preparation and gives them the opportunity to try foods that they may have not had the courage to try Throughout the past year, our commitment to solving in the past. The program covers all of the food groups – hunger has not wavered. As we close in on providing vegetables, fruits, proteins, dairy and grains. 65.5M meals 40.3K households served 17.9M pounds of enough meals for our neighbors in need in Northern distributed by mobile pantries produce provided Illinois, our commitment grows even stronger. It is our The Diabetes Prevention Program moved from a pilot belief that every single person not only needs, but to a permanent program and teaches participants that deserves, access to enough food that is both nutritious through mindful eating, joyful movement and stress relief and desirable. Here at the Food Bank, we will never they can lead healthier lives. Encouraged by the growth waiver from that goal. of this program, we launched our Healthy Harvest Produce Box Program in partnership with Kishwaukee In total, we served 65.5 million meals last year to Hospital and Northwestern Medicine, which gives our neighbors in need in the suburbs of Chicago medical professionals the opportunity to screen patients and rural communities across Northern Illinois. for food insecurity (those at risk for missing meals), and While every community is important, we are most focused intervene with access to produce, resources and support. on increasing meal distribution to our underserved, Patients receive the healthy food they need right onsite highest-need communities. We’ve piloted and expanded 193.4K gallons of fresh 136.5K volunteer 1.83M meals served to – a 25 pound box that the Food Bank provides filled with key programs to ensure that all of our kids, seniors and milk distributed hours served children and seniors assorted fresh fruits and vegetables. families have every meal needed, every day. This is only possible because of our generous donors and volunteers It has been a year of continued growth with the goal of – what you do matters and makes difference! not only providing enough meals to our neighbors, but also transforming our communities. In addition to our core work of providing more meals, we’ve focused on building healthy communities. We If you’re reading this letter, you are a part of our OUR MISSION piloted the Senior Grocery Market at our Northwest community – just like every single name in this Leading the Northern Illinois community in solving hunger by providing nutritious meals to Center in Rockford, where seniors have the opportunity annual report. We could not be more grateful for those in need through innovative programs and partnerships. to shop at the Food Bank twice a month to receive the steadfast support you have provided. When we fresh produce, nutritious proteins, milk, eggs, cereal come together, we are able to share, provide and and more…good food that is highly desired. At our first learn as we build strong, vibrant, loving communities market, we served 80 seniors. Now, we’re serving 300 in which everyone is exceptionally cared for and seniors during every market! It’s a privilege and honor to welcomed. As we do that, we’re working toward our serve these precious neighbors. The need is there and ultimate goal: solving hunger in Northern Illinois. the Senior Grocery Market is here to stay so we can help For that, we can all be proud. senior’s live healthier lives. Warmly, We serve kids every day, year round through our After Julie, Karen and Geneace OUR VALUES School, BackPack and Summer Meal Site programs. I am very proud that we were awarded the USDA’s highest honor, the Golden Beet Award, as one of the nation’s COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT top 10 leading Summer Meal Program sponsors with the We collaborate with our team and partners to help serve We trust and support each other to get the job Julie Yurko Karen Joyce Geneace Williams highest quality food. Our 20 week Nutrition Education one another and our neighbors. We honor diversity and done and to do it well President and CEO Board Chair FY17 Board Chair FY18 Program teaches kids healthy eating habits, engages Northern Illinois Food Bank Northern Illinois Food Bank Northern Illinois Food Bank celebrate our unique gifts and perspectives ACCOUNTABILITY We take ownership for our performance and HUMILITY We are humble and self-aware. We know when honor our commitments to ask for and accept help TRANSPARENCY We share information, as appropriate, openly and IMPACT We create positive change by focusing on what’s honestly through candid conversations most important to our mission WWW.SOLVEHUNGERTODAY.ORG 1 Robert E. Gallagher Charitable Trust Cole-Parmer Instrument Macy’s Whole Foods Market Howard and Martha Simpson Gallop Family Foundation Company, LLC Manheim, Inc. Wiley Education Services John and Tamara Witte S. L. Gimbel Foundation Comcast Foundation Mann, Weitz & Associates LLC Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois OUR DONORS Gorter Family Foundation Community Foundation of Grundy Matson Navigation Zoomba Group Grainger County McDonald’s Singleton Management GATHERER Circle of Hope - Corporate, Foundation and Community Supporters Graycor Services LLC Constellation Brands McDonnell Investment Hansen-Furnas Foundation, Inc. Karen R. and John T. Management, LLC TOMORROW’S $5,000-$9,999 The Circle of Hope is a group of dedicated organizations committed annually to providing the financial leadership needed ITW Crotty Foundation McGowan Gin Rosica Family William R. Johnson Family Foundation Crown Imports Foundation HARVEST Anonymous (4) to feed our hungry neighbors. FY17 members (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) are recognized below. Kinney Electrical CSX Corporate Citizenship McGraw Foundation Robert J. Banaszek Thomas J. & Kathleen M. Laird Dart Foundation McHenry County Senior Services Members of Tomorrow’s Harvest have John and Jody Bellomo Family Foundation Dean Foods Company Grant Fund committed a planned gift to the Food Paul and Mary Benson Lee Family Foundation DeKalb County Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Bank to ensure tomorrow’s families Gregory and Cathleen Bertha Nourisher $100,000+ Leeco Steel, LLC Community Foundation Meridian Compensation Partners will not go hungry. Kent and Sybil Bickford Lefort-Martin Family Fund of the Diageo Meridian Group International Kevin and Lori Burns DuPage Foundation Discover Financial Services Stacey and Douglas Meyer Anonymous (6) Scott and Annette Burns Stanley and Lucy Lopata Ditch Witch Midwest/Illini Family Foundation Jean M. Alberti Nathaniel Carden Charitable Foundation Power Products Micron Industries Robert J. Banaszek Alexander Chimens Anonymous (2) McDonald’s Corporation Dr Pepper Snapple Group Charitable Foundation Charles Baumann William and Linda Connell Nicor Gas The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Mondelez Ruth Bruch* Patrick Cott Nordstrom Lead Trust Motorola Solutions Foundation John Dalenberg* Timothy Drexler and Terri Williams North Shore Exchange Jack M Dunk & Associates Mutual Trust Gregory Entrekin Frank and Mary Erlain Northwestern Medicine Entact, LLC Naperville Presbyterian Church Arthur and Elizabeth Fedder Mark and Cheri Farina O’Bryan Foundation Esser Hayes Insurance Group Navistar, Inc. Barbara J. Grady Andrew and Julia Faville Ozinga Bros., Inc Evangelical Lutheran Church Nestle Purina Pet Care Jon and Marsha Habegger John and Sharon Felsenthal Pabst Brewing Company in America Nestle Waters North America Earl and Kay Harbaugh Sean Germaine The Herman & Katherine Exelon Foundation Next Generation Initiative of the Mary and Mark Hartford John and Laurie Gillies Peters Foundation Exxon Mobil Corporation DuPage Foundation Daniel and Sharon Heagy* Jon and Marsha Habegger Second Place Church F.P.C. Corporation North Shore Unitarian Church Debra Kamien Virginia B. Harting Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Feece Oil Company Northern Trust Charitable Leslie and Virginia Knudsen* Jodi Heiser and Doug Michels Barbara Ann Steel Feeding America thanks to CAN Giving Program Frances Leskovec Thomas and Tricia Hentschel Charitable Foundation Feeding America thanks to NorthShore University HealthSystem Carolyn Martens Ilan Hurtado Synergy55 Inc. Crate & Barrel Oberweis Dairy Clinton Meininger* Karen and Michael Joyce Takeda Pharmaceuticals Feeding America thanks to IKEA Thomas P. and Patricia A. Timothy P. Morris Vincent and Samantha Kalamaras Target Corporation Feeding America thanks to O’Donnell Foundation Patrick J. Murphy Annette Kenney United Parcel Service Foundation Pampered Chef ONEOK, Inc. Mary Rose Ray* Steven and Deedra Korwin William and United Way of Elgin Feeding America thanks to Subaru P&G Emil and Patricia Rolfe Greg and Karen Kuppler Vistex Foundation Feeding America thanks to Subway Paddock Publications, Inc. Elliot and Barbara Rothschild Sandeep Mehta and Rashmi Chugh Muriel Elliott Foundation Wakerly Family Foundation Feeding America thanks to TGI Friday PapaNicholas Coffee William Scanlan* Harvey L. and Jan Miller Watershed Development Corporation Feeding America thanks to The Patterson Family Charitable Fund Diane Scholten Lou Jean Moyer West Suburban Bank Cheesecake Factory PayNet, Inc. John and Cynthia Sheely Scott and Kimberly Murphy Woodforest Bank Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation PCI Cynthia A. Weiss David and Evelyn Najman Harvester $50,000-$99,999 Woodforest Charitable Foundation First Bank of Highland Park Peak