Loaves & Fishes Chef Showdown
The Loaves & Fishes Chef Showdown competition in Aurora Thursday, April 18, raised funds and provides smiles for many including the representatives of Naperville's Santo Cielo restaurant and lounge.
Loaves & Fishes will hold Chef Showdown April 18
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is excited to announce that Chef Showdown will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Linnea Eleanor Ruthkowski Food Distribution Hub, 580 Exchange Court, Aurora. The popular event will raise funds for essential services for struggling families in DuPage,...
Loaves & Fishes promotes healthy food, self-sufficiency
Loaves & Fishes Community Services provides healthy food and impactful programs to promote self-sufficiency to more than 8,000 people a week and is proud to announce its selection as a partner in Endeavor Health’s 2024 Community Investment Fund (CIF). This year, Loaves & Fishes has been awarded $297,000 to increase...
Loaves & Fishes milestones include Endeavor Health
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is commemorating its 40th Anniversary this year! Four decades of unwavering dedication to serving our community and making a positive impact on the lives of those in need. Since our earliest days in 1984, Loaves & Fishes has grown into a beacon of hope, providing...
CARES Car Program resource for families
Loaves & Fishes Community Services and DuPagePads will work together to provide donated cars to clients who lack reliable transportation. This new collaboration will strengthen the car donation program, streamline services, offer a larger support network, and provide hope by ultimately transforming the lives of the clients they serve. For...
Loaves & Fishes serves The Compass Church
Loaves & Fishes Community Services and The Compass Church in Bolingbrook have been working together to bring healthy food to the community for the past five years. In 2018, Loaves & Fishes set out to address the significant unmet need in Bolingbrook, where many nearby residents lacked reliable transportation for...
Loaves & Fishes seeks relationship
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Megan Lynch as vice president of Strategic Partnerships effective November 20. Among her responsibilities, Lynch will establish new relationships to build Loaves & Fishes’ visibility, impact, and financial resources in the organization’s service area of DuPage, Kane, Kendall,...
Loaves & Fishes helps Hunger Action Month
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is collaborating with the Downtown Naperville Alliance to take action on hunger during Hunger Action Month. Several downtown vendors will be host to food drives in their stores and collect dry goods from customers. A drive-through food drive will be scheduled 9 a.m. to 11...
Loaves & Fishes receives honor for The Promise Pantry
Loaves & Fishes was recently honored to receive an award and be recognized as a RUSH Copley Medical Center Community Health Equity Partner. Since May 2022, Loaves & Fishes has collaborated with RUSH Copley Medical Center to help support their Promise Pantry. The Promise Pantry is an initiative led by...
Loaves & Fishes: Name to flagship building
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is celebrating the naming of its flagship Naperville building as the Frank J. Rus & Donald S. Toy Food Market & Resource Center in response to a generous gift from the Frank J. Rus & Donald S. Toy Giving Fund. The gift supports the programs...
Loaves & Fishes renames its Aurora food distribution hub
Loaves & Fishes Community Services recently celebrated the naming of their Aurora building as the Linnea Eleanor Rutkowski Food Distribution Hub in response to a generous gift by the Gustafson Family Foundation Fund of DuPage Foundation. In appreciation of the lead gift for the project, the nonprofit has named the...
Loaves & Fishes Chef Showdown 2023
Competing chefs smile at the Loaves & Fishes Chef Showdown, after the friendly competition to raise funds the evening of Wednesday, April 19, at Loaves & Fishes Food Distribution Hub, 580 Exchange Court in Aurora.
Chef Showdown April 19 in Aurora
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is excited to announce that Chef Showdown will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at its Food Distribution Hub, 580 Exchange Court, Aurora. The popular event will raise funds for essential services to help struggling families in DuPage, Kane, Kendall,...
Toasting for a Cause Feb. 6
Loaves & Fishes, in partnership with Catch 35 in Naperville, will be host to Toasting for a Cause from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. This popular event was paused during the pandemic, but is back and better than ever. Guests attending this signature event will enjoy a...
Loaves & Fishes will celebrate volunteers April 18-22
Loaves & Fishes is excited to celebrate our volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week, April 18-22. Loaves & Fishes volunteers are instrumental in executing our mission. Here’s a peek at how they make serving almost 5,000 people each week possible. Our volunteer truck drivers rescue food from our grocery partners and
Loaves & Fishes’ market online
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is proud to offer a new way for clients to receive healthy food. Clients can pre-select their groceries through Loaves & Fishes’ Online Market and then simply pick up their order from Loaves & Fishes’ new Food Distribution Hub in Aurora. Clients can gain access...
Loaves & Fishes “Battle of the Champions” puts the fun in fundraiser
By Jason Crane Big smiles, sizzling food, and funds raised, were the main ingredients of the Chef Showdown, “Battle of the Champions” on the evening of Wednesday, March 9, at Loaves & Fishes new Food Distribution Hub at 580 Exchange Court, Aurora. The event was held in partnership with My...
Loaves & Fishes Community Services ribbon cutting in Aurora Oct. 27
The Loaves & Fishes Community Services ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 27, celebrates the opening of their new food distribution hub at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora.
Pennies for Pies drive in Naperville
Naperville Park District invites donations to the 15th annual Pennies for Pies drive from November 1-19. From its inception in 2006, the goal of the Pennies for Pies campaign has been to encourage the community to make donations of any amount—including pocket change—to help fund the purchase of pumpkin pies...
Loaves & Fishes ready to open new food distribution hub
Loaves & Fishes Community Services invites the public to join them for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of their new food distribution hub. The festivities will take place beginning at 3 p.m.. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora. Loaves & Fishes will be opening its...