OLI Receives Check From Home Depot
Obama Legacy Initiative President, Fred Greenwood receives a $500.00 check from Home Depot’s Store Manager, Chris Oleksyn.
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 27, 2020
- 1 min
OLI Donates Raised Garden Beds to Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry
OLI was excited to donate multiple raised garden beds to the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, Illinois.
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
Food Insecurity For Minorities
the BLM movement has revived much-needed conversations about the inequalities and injustices people of color face today.
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Hunger For Knowledge Fundraiser
OLI is hosting a virtual game night fundriaser on Friday, July 24th, from 6pm to 8pm. Play fun bingo games while supporting OLI!
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
OLI Donates Raised Garden Beds to the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Rockford, IL
One of our mural painted raised garden beds was donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank of Rockford.
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
Video from July 3rd
Listen to great speakers as they share about raised beds, the Warren Sharpe Community Center, and more!
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kmoorthy8
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
OLI Donates Painted Raised Garden Bed to the Warren Sharpe Community Center
The Obama Legacy Initiative donated a mural-painted raised garden bed to our partner, the Warren Sharpe Community Center.
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kmoorthy8
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
OLI Gives to Boone County, IL
On June 25th, 2020, OLI donated a raised bed to the Empower Boone Food Pantry in Boone County, Illinois.
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kmoorthy8
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
Garden beds in Naperville will help fight food insecurity
Marie Wilson from the Daily Herald highlights the Obama Legacy Raised Garden Bed Initiative.
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kmoorthy8
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
OLI In The Community
Parama Ghatak, Ashrita Gottumukala, and Zack Cisco (not pictured) donated 10 pounds of food to the Warren Sharpe Community Center.
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OLI
- Apr 26, 2020
- 4 min
More than a disease, COVID-19 exposes health risk of food insecurity: OPINION
Great article from Dr. Jay Bhatt at ABC News. Many patients at high health risk of COVID-19 contagion live in "food deserts."
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OLI
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
Letter to the Editor
OLI Journalism intern Thrinav Sathya discusses food insecurity in a Letter to the Editor.
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OLI
- Jul 21, 2019
- 1 min
MIDWEST NEWS: FOOD LIBRARIES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Read about how individuals can make a difference by organizing small food pantries in their neighborhoods. Story from Star Tribune. Click...
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OLI
- Jun 21, 2018
- 1 min
URBAN FARM: 1500 POUNDS OF LETTUCE TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRY
Columbia Public Schools creates a new position to bring the farm to the Schools We have been busy with planting, weeding and harvesting...
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OLI
- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
IN OBAMA'S NAME, GARDENERS AIM TO HELP POOR
by Marie Wilson, Daily Herald The Obama Legacy Initiative found some of its volunteers in the News on Friday, May 11th. An initiative...
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OLI
- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
ONE COUNTY AT A TIME
In Douglas County, Kansas, nearly 19,000 families are at risk for hunger…hunger in this United States of America, the land of plenty! ...
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OLI
- Oct 31, 2017
- 1 min
WARREN-SHARPE COMMUNITY CENTER GARDEN
Joliet, IL- The Warren-Sharpe Community Center is an amazing place located in South Joliet, Illinois. The force behind the success of the...
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