Interfaith Impact Hunger Banquet

Are you hungry for a better world? While nearly 1 billion people suffer today from starvation, many of us hunger for a world in which all have enough. Naturally, we also hunger for the meaning of it all. We invite you to collaborate in a unique way to fight hunger in our own community.

Interfaith Impact, a grassroots Oak Park/River Forest community interfaith effort, sparked by One Chicago, One Nation Community Ambassador Susan Lucci, will host a Hunger Banquet at Dominican University the evening of October 7, 2011. Based on the Oxfam model, a Hunger Banquet is an orchestrated dinner designed to demonstrate the global disparity in food security and to raise awareness about world hunger. Speakers will motivate participants to engage in local efforts to relieve hunger, followed by a reflection/interfaith dialogue. 

Between now and then, all community gardens in Oak Park-River Forest are invited to donate their excess harvested produce to the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry (848 Lake Street, OP - Enter via the parking lot on Kenilworth and knock on the window of the lower level marked by “delivery here”). You may deliver your produce donations in any kind of container at the following times: Monday (9AM—5PM); Tuesday (9AM—5PM and 6-7PM); Wednesday (3-5:30 PM); Thursday (noon—5 PM); Friday (9AM—10:45 AM); and Saturday (8:30 AM—noon). 

Join our community in this hunger awareness-raising effort and celebration - come, make meaning, be nourished. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact: Susan Lucci, 708-955-7366 or smlucci@sbcglobal.net.