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The 2012 Hunger Week Team is hard at work on the details for this fall's Hunger Week! 
Details to come later this summer.

Interested in joining the 2012 team?  Contact hugnerweek@luc.edu!


The Hunger Week Team thanks you for a very successful HUNGER WEEK 2011! 


Hunger Week is a series of education, awareness and fundraising events across campus. Through campus-wide partnerships, the entire Loyola community and our neighbors and support those who hunger here at home and across the globe.  Our mission is:

"To cultivate compassion in the community by educating and raising funds
as we strive to stand in global solidarity with those who Hunger."


Take Part In An Event!
A brief listing of Hunger Week 2011 events is here.  Click on a specific day for detailed information.
**Please note that the 5K, Fast, soup kitchen and Shabbat dinner all have a registration process.**Sunday, November 6

 

Join a Planning Committee and Volunteer!

See the list of committees run by the Hunger Week core team below to help us plan! 
Or contact us at hungerweek@luc.edu to learn about volunteering during the week!


Make a Donation!

All funds raised during Hunger Week will support three hunger organizations: one local, one national, and one international. (see below)  Checks can be made payable to Loyola University Chicago, with "Hunger Week" in the memo line and mailed to:

Hunger Week
Center for Community Service & Action
1032 W. Sheridan Rd.
Mundelein Center Suite 804
Chicago, IL 60660

 

Learn More About Hunger Now!

Check out this video about global hunger.

Hunger Week 2011 Core Team

Want to help us plan? Contact a committee chair to join their team!

Education Committee, Renata Kukla, Chairperson
Create ways to educate and reflect about hunger. 

Fundraising Commitee, Michelle Lis, Chairperson
Identify creative ways to raise funds for hunger and help manage funds.

Marketing Committee, Alexia Plesiotis, Chairperson
Help to promote Hunger Week activities.

Program Committee, Heba Abdel-Latief, Chairperson
Assist with developing, managing and implementing Hunger Week programs.

University Outreach Committee, Stephanie Morrow, Chairperson
Support partners who collaborate with the Hunger Week team.

Core Team Leader, Alexsandrea Mann
Provides general program management.

The Hunger Week Core Team is supported by the Center for Community Service and Action.

Hunger Week 2011 beneficiaries

Each year, the funds raised during Hunger Week are distributed to three hunger-related organizations, one local, one national and one international.  This year's beneficiaries are:

CUERP Campus Gardens (local)
The Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy (CUERP) campus gardens provide an opportunity for students to learn about urban agriculture and produce food for the local community.  Food grown in the gardens is donated to A Just Harvest for distribution in Rogers Park. 

Feeding America (national) 
Feeding America's mission is to feed America's hungry and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.  They provide food assistance to more than 25 million low-income people, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.  Their network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, distributing more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually.

Catholic Relief Services (international)
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) carries out the commitment of the US Catholic community to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. CRS promotes human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting disease and poverty, and nurturing peaceful and just societies.  Additionally, they address the root causes of conflict and help communities bring about lasting change and peace.  


Hunger Week Partners

The Hunger Week Team is grateful to campus partners who collaborate with us to make Hunger Week a great success.  Our 2011 partners include:

  • Aramark
  • Campus Card
  • Campus Ministry and Companions
  • Campus Recreation
  • Center for Community Service and Action (host department)
  • CFSU Staff
  • Hillel Center for Jewish Life
  • Labre Ministry
  • Muslim Students' Association
  • OxFam Loyola
  • Sacramental Life
  • St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup Kitchen Crew
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  • Student Athlete Advisory Committee
  • UNICEF Loyola
  • Water Tower Campus Life

If you are interested in partnering with Hunger Week 2011, please contact hungerweek@luc.edu.
  

What Do You Hunger For?

"We can alter the way we live our lives so that others have the gift of that same life and the same basic human rights that we are granted.   Hunger Week's message is that working for justice, specifically the basic human right of Poor,
is not just a part of our life, but can be inherent to the way we live." 

- Loyola Student

 

Questions?  Contact hungerweek@luc.edu! 




Center for Communtiy Service and Action



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