hunger week
- About Hunger Week
- Hunger Week Events
- Meet the Team
- Get Involved
- Beneficiaries
- Past Hunger Weeks
- Photos
Hunger week 2008: "For the Common Good"
Hunger Week relies solely on the enthusiasm and dedication of Loyola students, and our goal is to increase student participation! Your organization’s participation is a great way to better immerse yourselves in the community, as well as serve people in need.
The Mission of Hunger Week is:
To cultivate compassion in the community by educating and raising funds as we strive to stand in global solidarity with those who Hunger.
"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 food, is not just a part of our life, but can be inherent in the way we live.” -Senior LUC Student
Simpson dining went trayless for hunger week!
Simpson Dining for Hunger Week 2008 offered a week long opportunity to educate the community about the limitations of dietary resources of a developing country. During Hunger Week, November 3rd-6th Simpson offered a “Hunger Week” meal option, which included food from a developing country. Students were encouraged to participate by pledging to eat as many as 6 “Hunger Week” meals. By doing so they supported the idea of reducing the amount of consumed food, to be in solidarity with those who hunger, conserve natural resources, and reduce our impact on the environment.
As many times as students ate the Hunger Week Meal (and punched their card) their name went into a raffle for some really great prizes!
All contributions made during Hunger Week were donated to The Chicago Greater Food Depository, Food For All, and The Heifer Project International.
2008 Schedule of Events
Saturday November 1st
Food Drive Kick Off at 1st Official Rambler Basketball Game! Sponsored by Conscious Alliance @ Loyola
Sunday November 2nd
Hunger Run/Walk 10AM, Halas Sports Center, sponsored by Campus Recreation.
Fast-A-Thon begins at 5PM
Candle Lit Vigil 7:45PM, Outside Madonna Della Strada
Monday November 3rd
PB&J Sandwich Making with Hillel 11AM-2PM, Mundelein Center 8th Floor
Fast-A-Thon, Breaking of the Fast 3:45PM, McCormick Lounge. Sponsored by MSA
"Eating to Live, Not Living to Eat" Sustainable Dinner with Panel Discussion 6PM, Piper Hall. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Dept
Tuesday November 4th
"Food for the Soul" Concert 7-10PM, CFSU. Sponsored by the Gannon Scholars.
"Hunger Heroes" Movie with introduction by Executive Producer Rick Roberts 7PM, Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall. Sponsored by USGA DOP Film Committee
Wednesday November 5th
Hillel Bagel Sale 11AM-1PM, Damen Hall
"Green Science and Sustainability" with Dr. Daniel Becker, Biology Dept -4:30PM, Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall.
Hunger Banquet/Social Class Dinner 6PM in Hussey Lounge, Damen Hall. Sponsored by Oxfam and CUERP
Thursday November 6th
Brown Bag Lunch and Discussion on Hunger 12PM, Rambler Room. Sponsored by National Student Partnerships
Movie: "Land of Plenty, Land of Want" with Biology Dept discussion to follow, 7-8:30PM, Information Commons Roon 112. Sponsored by Information Commons Staff, Student Environmental Alliance, the Center for Urban Environmental Research, and the Environmental Studies/Science Program
"Hunger Heroes" Movie with introduction by Executive Producer Rick Roberts 7PM, Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall. Sponsored byUSGA DOP Film Committee
"Uncommon Acts" Talent Show 7-11PM, Rambler Room
Friday November 7th
Staff Brown Bag Lunch 12-1PM, Mundelein Center Tea Room. Sponsored by the Lakeside Staff Council
Shabbat Dinner 4PM, Terry Student Center (WTC)
Saturday November 8th
Graduate School of Business Hunger Week Service Project 8:30AM-1:30PM
Week Long Events
Online Silent Auction Begins Friday October 31st 9AM and runs until Sunday November 9th at 9PM
Pennies for People Drive. Sponsored by the Loyola Companions
Food Drive, LSC and WTC campus
Fair Trade T-Shirt Sales
Meet the HUNGER WEEK 2008 TEAM
Events Coordinators
Megan Berling and Sara Hensley
This committee meets MONDAYS @ 6:30PM in Ministry. This Committee meets to plans events with student organizations and the community to raise awareness and funds for hunger.
Fundraising
Amber Carbone
This committee meets MONDAYS @ 7PM in the Information Commons. This Committee strives to find creative ways to raise funds for hunger.
Education
Tina Dragisic and Teresa Gloppen
This committee meets TUESDAYS @ 6:45PM in the Tea Room in Mundelein Center. This committee creates ways to educate the Loyola and Rogers Park Communities as well as prepares Vigils to stand in solidarity with those who hunger.
University Liasons
Lauren Levites and Elissa Lopez
This Committee meets MONDAYS @ 6PM in the Information Commons -3rd Floor. This committee strives to involve Student Organizations on campus to get involved with fundraising and planning events.
Logistics
Amy Fritz and Nicole Chmela
Thanks to the Hunger Week 2006 Team:
Get Involved
Hunger Week 2009 Team
For more information or to get involved with Hunger Week 2009 by joining a planning committee, contact Nicole Chmela at 773-508-2196 or nchmela@luc.edu or stop by Ministry for an application.
Donations
Please send donations to:
- Hunger Week
- University Ministry
- 6525 N. Sheridan Rd.
- Mundelein Center Suite 200
- Chicago, IL 60626
Please make checks payable to Loyola University Chicago and write "Hunger Week donation" in the memo line.
2008 Beneficiaries
Chicago's Community Kitchens
Since its inception in 1998, Chicago’s Community Kitchens has been aiding unemployed and underemployed adults in Cook County who have a passion for "life in the kitchen" and a will to achieve entry-level employment in the foodservice industry. Students create nearly 2,000 meals a day that are delivered to Food Depository Kids Cafes, providing nourishing meals to hungry children after school.
Food For All
Food For All is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fundraising organization dedicated to putting an end to the hunger crisis on both national and international fronts. In order to accomplish this goal, Food For All collaborates with over 8,000 grocery retailers nationwide to raise money through point-of-purchase (P.O.P.) fundraisers. Along with fighting hunger and poverty, Food For All is proud to support efforts to combat childhood obesity and early chronic diseases.
Heifer Project International
Today, millions of people who were once hungry will be nourished by milk, eggs and fresh vegetables. Families who for generations knew only poverty will be building new homes and starting businesses. Children who once headed out to the fields to do backbreaking work will be heading into schoolrooms to learn to read. And people who never thought they’d be in a position to help someone else will be experiencing the joy of charitable giving. Heifer has learned over the years that a holistic approach is necessary in order to build sustainable communities. So we’ve developed a set of global initiatives – areas of emphasis that must be addressed if we’re to meet our mission of ending world hunger and poverty and caring for the earth.
HUNGER WEEK 2007 FACTS
HUNGER WEEK 2007 RAISED $19,762.82
In addition to the main beneficiaries, honorariums have been given to:
| The Edgewater-Rogers Black Family Network | |
| Between Friends Food Panty for Battered Women | www.betweenfriendschicago.org |
| Lakeview Pantry | www.lakeviewpantry.org |
| Chicago Christian Industrial League | www.ccilworks.org |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | www.chicagohomeless.org |
| Night Ministry | www.thenightministry.org |
| Deborah's Place | www.deborahsplace.org |
| The Port Ministries | www.theportministries.org |
| REST Homeless Shelter | www.restweb.org |
| St. Ignatius Food Pantry | www.stignatiuschurch.org |
| United Church of Rogers Park Soup Kitchen | www.ucrogerspark.org |
| Inspiration Cafe | www.inspirationcorp.org |
Photos from Hunger Week Events
Hunger Week 2006
Hunger Week 2005
