Heart of Illinois Harvest

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Heart of Illinois Harvest Newsletter
2020 - 2nd Quarter

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Heart of Illinois Harvest would like to thank the Community Foundation of Central Illinois and all of their donors, including individuals, corporations, private foundations and all others who continue to donate to the Central Illinois Disaster Recovery Fund to help magnify their support of local COVID-19 relief efforts!

HOI Harvest was awarded $5,000 to assist our ongoing efforts to safely transport donated and unused food to other local non-profits working the front lines to make sure Central Illinois' most vulnerable can still find a meal during these most trying times.

God Bless everyone who is still thinking of others even whilst your own businesses and personal savings have been affected by this epidemic!

🌾HOI Harvest and your entire community thank you!

Thank you for the recognition, and also for your collective generosity, Methodist College!

(Excuse the blurry photo but we want to recognize an important resource in our community.) Heart of Illinois Harvest picks up unused food from restaurants and stores and distributes to food pantries and organizations in need. We have closed Ollie’s Cafe during the time our students are off-campus. These gentlemen came this morning and picked up food that would have gone to waste. We are grateful. Thank you to Miss Clara and her cafe staff, and Mr. Soffietti, our CFO (pictured left) and Nancy from our Finance department (pictured right) for their work on this project.

Our hearts go out to all of our local Small Businesses affected by this on-going pandemic. In particular, our local restaurants, who have all been directly asked by the government to stop all dine-in services. On behalf of your community we appreciate your sacrifices to help slow this pandemic.

If you know of any business looking to get perishables that can not be frozen or saved to those in need...

Please give HOIHarvest.org a call, text or email with at least a days notice so that we can schedule a pick up time with you to help get those perishables to the local Food Pantries working hard to safely distribute food to those who need it most.

Please reach us @ 309-693-0876 or at [email protected]

Bless you!

Are you ready to treat your out of town guests to a local favorite? Be sure to take them to Avanti's tomorrow! You'll want to pick up a few extra gondolas! Be sure to print out the coupon to take with you.
Thank you, Avanti's, for the wonderful way you have supported our mission this year!

Due to a conflict in their schedule, Avanti's has canceled the event on Monday evening. It will be rescheduled in October!

Help our Friends at Sophia's Kitchen Help our Friends in Need!

Join us at the Fieldhouse every Tuesday in September for Donation Days! Bring a bag of canned goods to donate to Sophia's Kitchen.

We will be watching the 2018 Invest in Others Awards live on 9/27 @ 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CST) to cheer on Bill Lervaag! Tune in to investinothers.org to see if we bring home the winning prize!

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The Heart of Illinois Harvest is asking for donations in an effort to replace their old truck.

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HOI Harvest truly appreciates this Community's Effort to Help Us Help those in Need! It Takes A Village ❤️

The Heart of Illinois Harvest is asking for donations in an effort to buy a new truck. Their current one is between 10-15 years old and struggling.

Thank you Invest in Others!

Congratulations to Lifetime Achievement Award Finalist, William Lervaag of MasterPlan Financial Group for his impressive work with Heart of Illinois Harvest. William is one of the original founders of this food rescue organization that delivers over 7 tons of food every week! To read more of William’s story, visit http://bit.ly/williamlervaag

Journal Star

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The program is one of three finalists for a national award and stands to gain a much-needed $25K donation if it wins.

Sponsorship Opportunity with our New Truck Fundraiser! Thank you!

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Today we recognize these organizations from our issue:

1. Illinois CancerCare Foundation (Images 1-2): From patient support to genetic testing, The Illinois CancerCare Foundation is committed to funding research, education and awareness of a disease which affects one in three people. You can support the Illinois CancerCare Foundation with a financial gift of a donation or sponsorship, an in-kind donation, or by volunteering your time. Visit IllinoisCancerCareFoundation.org or contact our Foundation office at [email protected] or (309) 243-3437.
2. Heart of Illinois Harvest (Images 3-5): Their mission is to end hunger by transporting surplus food to local food agencies for free distribution to those in need. Heart of Illinois Harvest is a not-for-profit food rescue program that daily transports food to local food agencies and pantries for free distribution to those in need. Volunteer, organize a food drive or make a donation—visit hoiharvest.org today.
3. Sophia's Angels Kitchen (Image 6): Under the direction of Sacred Heart Parish, Diocese of Peoria, Sophia's Kitchen's mission is to give those in need food for the day, support for their health needs, and spiritual guidance for their everlasting souls. Volunteers are always welcome and may apply at CatholicPeoria.com. Regular volunteers serve once a week for a four hour shift, either morning or afternoon.

Read about all of the organizations by visiting peoriamagazines.com/community-impact.

On behalf of Heart of Illinois Harvest and the Greater Peoria Community, we would like to express our thanks and gratitude to all the members of Rotary Club of Peoria-North for their generous food donations over the past 3 weeks totalling a whopping 3,600 pounds. Excellent work guys!

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Heart Of Illinois Harvest just reached 600 likes, and we need your help. We want to reach 6,000 likes by Christmas. Why??? Because we believe the power of social media can help us continue to help The Greater Peoria area.

We were recently overlooked for a local grant. Among the reasons cited for denial were “...overall the feedback from the committee was that they needed to see more collaboration with other agencies as well as the data and outcomes needed to be more specific.”.

We disagree, but as Rafiki said in The Lion King, “The past can hurt, but you can either run from it, or learn from it.”

We’re a very frugal, compassionate organization with very low overhead. Our office space is graciously donated by CMFI Group in Peoria. Our major expenses are one part time paid employee, gasoline, vehicle insurance and vehicle maintenance. In return, we rescue several tons of food each week and provide healthy food to organizations that support the people in our community that need it the most.

Please share our story and help us get to 6,000 likes. As for us at Harvest, we’ll continue to do what we do best; keep making the Greater Peoria Area a better place to be.

This is merely a sampling of the food that The Heart Of Illinois Harvest rescues on a daily basis.

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Heart Of Illinois Harvest just reached 600 likes, and we need your help. We want to reach 6,000 likes by Christmas. Why??? Because we believe the power of social media can help us continue to help The Greater Peoria area.

We were recently overlooked for a local grant. Among the reasons cited for denial were “...overall the feedback from the committee was that they needed to see more collaboration with other agencies as well as the data and outcomes needed to be more specific.”.

We disagree, but as Rafiki said in The Lion King, “The past can hurt, but you can either run from it, or learn from it.”

We’re a very frugal, compassionate organization with very low overhead. Our office space is graciously donated by CMFI Group in Peoria. Our major expenses are one part time paid employee, gasoline, vehicle insurance and vehicle maintenance. In return, we rescue several tons of food each week and provide healthy food to organizations that support the people in our community that need it the most.

Please share our story and help us get to 6,000 likes. As for us at Harvest, we’ll continue to do what we do best; keep making the Greater Peoria Area a better place to be.

Peoria's food rescue warriors keep on trucking

″(HOI Harvest) comes with food every day. We couldn’t do what we do without their help,” said Claire Crone, the director at Sophia’s Kitchen. “I’d estimate that we receive $1,000 a day in foodstuffs,” she said.” -http://www.pjstar.com/news/20171119/peorias-food-rescue-warriors-keep-on-trucking

pjstar.com PEORIA — The fact that eight tons of food is circulated every week from stores and restaurants in Peoria to food pantries and soup kitchens in the

Reflecting today on the Veterans in our lives, Heart of Illinois Harvest, it's Board, and Volunteers would like to salute one of our own Military Veterans, Ronald L. Ball Sr., who has recently accepted a position as our new Chairman of the Board. Thank you Ron for your service to country and also for serving the people of Peoria County!

Also a special thanks to Christie Cook, for her many years of service as our former Chairperson.