Archive for August, 2011

What a Week

This has been a wonderful week for Neighborhood Nutrition Centers. Having announced a new partnership with Ravenswood Community Services, we were able to collect neighbor-fresh produce and donate it to the RCS food pantry. 126 neighbors enjoyed a beautiful salad with their meal prepared by the RCS kitchen staff. Since we were able to collect [...]

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Building Partnerships

Click Here to check out our press release on the new partnership with Ravenswood Community Services.

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Beans are coming!

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Building a Local Food System – Session II

THURSDAY, August 25 @ 6:30pm Beans & Bagels, 2601 West Leland (at Rockwell) Les Kniskern will be leading the second in a monthly series of meetings to discuss Building a Local Food System. We will cover next steps in distributing food to people who need nutritional assistance, and tackle questions, comments, trials and success with [...]

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Summer Dinner

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Mark your calendars for upcoming NNC events

SATURDAY, August 20 @ 9:00am – 11:00am Hermitage Site Volunteer Day Help claim a section of yard for additional garden area Weed and trim yard sections surrounding the NNC Garden Interested? E-mail Les@NNCenters.org for directions SUNDAY/MONDAY, August 21 & 22 First harvest collection and distribution Stay tuned for details THURSDAY, August 25 @ 6:30pm Building [...]

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SAVE THE DATE

SAVE THE DATE To Benefit Neighborhood Nutrition Centers Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:30pm Red Lion, Lincoln Square

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Building a Local Food System continues…

Executive Director Les Kniskern will be speaking on “Building a Local Food System” at the Greater Rockwell Organization Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:30pm Luther Memorial Church, 2500 West Wilson Ave (at Campbell) BRING your own knowledge to share about gardening DISCOVER NNC’s One Square Foot program and how to become involved LEARN about COLE CROPS [...]

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