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Fox Valley United Way’s Souper Bowl of Caring

February 4, 2017

For the last 25 years, the Souper Bowl of Caring has shown Americans that while we are getting ready to enjoy the Super Bowl, we can help folks who don’t even have a bowl of soup to eat.

Each year, our area food pantries experience a significant reduction in donations after the holidays.  That means that families who are struggling to avoid hunger and homelessness have a more difficult time after the new year.

So on Saturday, February 4, 2017, student volunteers from across the country are coming together once again to fight hunger and poverty in their communities.

In cooperation with Jewel-Osco and Prisco’s Family Market, Fox Valley United Way will be working with youth volunteers to help fill the shelves at the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry and the Kendall County Food Pantry.  At our 7 locations we will be accepting monetary and food donations around Aurora and in Kendall County.  One hundred percent of all contributions go directly to the food pantries!

How can you help?

•    Put a volunteer team together to collect food and monetary donations at one of our designated stores.

•    Host a food drive at your place of work, your school, your place of worship or club.

•    Organize a SOUP POT Campaign.  By selling these $1 soup pot cards at your business, school or church, you can turn every $1.00 collected turns into $8.00 worth of buying power at the Northern Illinois Food Bank!  For more information on how to get supplies for a SOUP POT Campaign, contact Deborah here.

•    Make a monetary donation using our secure online donation form!  You can quickly and easily donate with a debit or credit card or PayPal.

•    Go to your local Jewel-Osco store or Prisco’s Family Market on Saturday, February 4, 2017 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and drop off a cash donation or help fill the food bin.

For more information, including a list of locations, please contact Deborah Collins at deborah.rudel@uwfoxvalley.org

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Date:
February 4, 2017

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Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry

Grantee

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Michelle Emanuel

Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient

YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.

Abby Vagnoni

YEP Alumni

Give your gift of time and see what it means to the people you impact. Helping others is what life is all about.

Neal Ormond

Donor & Fund Advisor

YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.

Madi Porter

YEP Member

I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.

Taytum Newell

Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient

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Jessica Breugelmans

Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

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