West Town Feeds

Our Programs For This Week.

Thanks to Cermak Produce - North Ave for contributing $2000 worth of groceries. A Community member for paying for the Grandma Annie's Pizza meals and The StopAlong for the pizzas.

If you’re in need send us an email. If you’d like to help us get out as many groceries as possible info on how to make a contribution is on the flyer.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We have partnered with Cermak Produce - North Ave to help out our Neighbors in need of Groceries for the Holidays.

They are going to provide a minimum of $2000 worth of groceries. I am going to start by providing the 3 - PEBT cards we just received for my kids.

If you’d like to help our for Thanksgiving and or Christmas these are the ways how.

1. Venmo -
2. Zelle - [email protected]
3. Give up your P-EBT cards ( I’ll gladly meet up and grab from you. Will just need your 4 digit code )

If you are in need of groceries for the Holidays please email [email protected] and we will help as many of our neighbors as we can.

Thanks everyone!

A few weeks ago Robert and I (Lauren Young) had a talk about taking the plunge under The West Town Feeds name. We are still planning on doing so!

Proceeds benefit the Special Olympics and Special Olympic Charities!!

Please help us reach our goal before next weekend!!! We’re jumping in the name of West Town Feeds!

Donate here:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/22cpp/account/1212755

Join our team here: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/22cpp/team/889569

2022 Chicago Polar Plunge presented by Jackson Join me in supporting Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children's Charities for the 2022 Chicago Polar Plunge presented by Jackson!

Thanks to our amazing friends at We Are Lasagna Love we have been given a total of 72 Vegetarian and Meat Lasagnas to give out!

If interested please email us at [email protected] and let us know what kind you’d like . Pick up will be at TaKorea Cocina between 11am and 9pm.

Thanks!

Take 2 - Amazon has finally fixed the issue with the list that didn’t allow many items to be added to the cart!

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We have created an Amazon Wish List for Valentines Day decorations and party supplies for the West Town Feeds/Haas Park Advisory Council Valentines Day Dance!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3RTVOA4A7J3LE?ref_=wl_share

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In partnership with the Haas Park Advisory Council we are putting on a Valentines Dance at Haas Park ( 2402 N Washtenaw ) Everyone ages 5 and over will need to show proof of vaccination.

Dj EDLo will be providing the tunes.

Space will be limited so if you’re interested in attending with your Littles please email us ASAP.

Info we need. # of Adults. # of Kids along with ages. Which time slot you’d prefer.

We will be looking for volunteers to help decorate the gym and serve the food and refreshments. If interested please email [email protected] Time slots will run 3-6 and 6-9

If you’d like to help cover the costs of the event you can find info on how to do so at westtownfeeds.com

Thanks!

The Girls Basketball Program at Clemente High School need our help!

Tickets will get distributed to families in the area who don’t have the funds to take their kiddos and some of our homeless neighbors.

Clemente will get to play Steinmetz on the UC Floor at 2pm on 2/1 if they can sell 750 tickets ( $40 each ) for the Bulls game that same night. $7 of each ticket sale gets kicked back to Clemente from the Chicago Bulls!

Please help us make the Clemente girls season complete by playing on the same court that MJ, Pip and D Rose got to play on! The game is in danger of being canceled!

Funds can be contributed via Venmo or Zelle to [email protected]

Thanks!

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Thanks to the Amazing crew at Bartoli's Pizzeria on Ashland and the Volunteer drivers that helped us get out close to 300 pizzas today to CPS kiddos home from school, A Senior Citizen Center and Breakthrough Urban Ministries!

All your support has been amazing and we wouldn’t be able to do any of our work without each and every one of you!

In anticipation of our CPS kiddos still being out of school on Tuesday 1/11 and to try and put a little smile on their faces we are partnering up with Bartoli's Pizzeria to supply as many 12” cheese, sausage, pepperoni pizzas as we can for lunch.

Pizzas will be available for pickup and delivery ( depending on folks that can volunteer their time to help drop them off ) Delivery Zone can only be as follows ( South to Madison, West to Pulaski, North to Irving Park, East to Halsted )

If you’re interested in a pizza please email [email protected] and provide the following info in your intial email.

If you have taken on several kiddos to help ease the burden of child care for other parents we can provide multiple pizzas.

- Name
- What kind of pizza you’d like.
- Pickup or delivery
- If delivery provide address
- Phone number

Once we are able to source some help with deliveries we will start to respond back to requests.

If you’d like to help contribute to help us get these pizzas out please check out westtownfeeds.com for funding options.

It’s that time of year again!

GET OUT AND SUPPORT OUR STREET VENDOR’S TIME!

We bought out Marta’s stand ( located on Sacramento between Fullerton and Milwaukee ) this morning and we distributed them hot out to some homeless encampments and shelters.

If you’d like to help us get out during the Winter months and help Support our Street Vendor Heroes please check out westtownfeeds.com for info!

Happy New Year everyone!

We are providing up to 200 cheese, sausage or pepperoni pizzas for Families w Children on NYE ( 12/31 ) from Bartoli's Pizzeria, Leader Bar and The StopAlong.

All pizzas will need to be picked up as we will not have the ability to deliver.

If you’d like to request a pizza please email [email protected] and provide your name, which kind of pizza you’d like, your cell phone number and which location you’d like to pick up from.

Leader Bar is located at 3000 W Irving Park Rd and will times will be 4-6 pm.

Bartoli’s is located at 658 N Ashland and will be 3-5pm.

The Stop Along is located at 1812 N Milwaukee and will be 4-6pm.

If you’d like to help support the cause please check out our site westtownfeeds.com for info on how to do so.

Happy New Year everyone!

Big Thanks to our Volunteers last night who helped provide a meal to the Amazing Men at the Breakthrough Urban Ministries Men’s Center!

In the last Week we have visited both the Men’s and Women’s center twice and it wouldn’t be possible without all your continuous support.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Thanks to the Amazing Volunteers that helped us serve a meal to the Women at the Breakthrough Urban Ministries Women’s Center last night.

We Love walking in and hearing “ oh it’s you guys so we know we’re gonna Eat good! “

We had such a great time preparing and serving meals at both the Men’s and Women’s centers at Breakthrough Urban Ministries!

Shout out to the Volunteers and Donors that make our work possible!

Santa has arrived! We’re at Midwest Coast Brewing Company until 11:30 am! 2137 W Walnut

Bring your kiddos, take a pic with Santa and grab a Toy or two.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Edit - We have received over 300 requests so far. We are going to collect requests until Sunday night and i believe the most fair way to distribute will to raffle them off. Hopefully we collect enough funds to be able to give one to everyone. Also to help more families we are going to make them $50 instead of $75. Thanks everyone.

We have been Gifted $1200 worth of Gift Certificates from Cermak Produce - North Ave to help our Neighbors in need with Groceries for their Holiday Meals. Steve and his Crew are a true asset to the West Town area.

We are hoping to help 100 families with $75 worth of Groceries so they can create their own special Family meals.

Please check out westtownfeeds.com on ways to make a contribution.

If you are a family in need please email us at [email protected] and we will add you to the list.

Just picked up another 40 Toys from Building Blocks Toy Store for our Breakfast with Santa on Saturday!

Thanks to all for your contributions and allowing us to support a local Toy shop!

We are still looking to source more Toys and hoping to help 100 families with Groceries for their Christmas meals.

If you’re able to help please do so. Ways to contribute are listed on our website westtownfeeds.com.

Thanks Neighbors!

8 days away from our Breakfast with Santa at Midwest Coast Brewing Company and still in need of a bunch of Toys! Please help out if you can. Here is our Amazon wishlist!

Thanks everyone!

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Here is an Amazon Wishlist we have created for our Christmas Toy Drive.

Thanks for all your continued support!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/25ZV20MFC4GZ2?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_G4HfCLqRCZ1DQ

Please help us put some Smiles on Kiddos Faces and Meals to Families in Need this Christmas.

Thanks for all your continued Support!

For those short on time, we have set up an Amazon wishlist as well!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/25ZV20MFC4GZ2?ref_=wl_share

We have secured 4 nights to go Cook and Serve meals for our Friends at Breakthrough Urban Ministries.

We still need help on the 18th at both the Men’s and Women’s shelters and the Men’s shelter on the 22nd.

We will design the food menu together and cover the associated costs. We can have 6-8 volunteers at a time.

If interested please email us at [email protected]

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Thanks to our Amazing Community and Volunteers we collected around 200 pies and other Desserts and helped get out Thanksgiving dinners to feed 1500 of our Neighbors in need.

Thanks everyone for your continued Support!

We are all set in terms of Volunteers but still need a bunch of Pies and of course the more funds we receive, the more meals we can give out.

If you’d like to bake any Pies or Desserts they can be dropped off at Haas Park between 9am and 3pm on the 24th.

We also have availability to serve around 100 more meals inside of Haas Park between 5-8. If you know of any individuals or families in need of a hot meal please have them email us at [email protected] so we can reserve a spot for them.

Thanks everyone!

We are hoping to make our Thanksgiving Dinner at Haas Park as festive as possible for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. If you’d like to help us with the decor and plates, please visit the Amazon wishlist below!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LKQK8TGAKYCJ?ref_=wl_share

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West Town Feeds is trying to quickly (by the end of this week) collect as many items as we can to put into hygiene kits for the homeless we are feeding for Thanksgiving. If you have a surplus of travel size bottles of soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, lotion, razors, shaving cream, deodorant or feminine products, please send us a message or comment below. Trying to source as much as we can via product donation before we order any additional items we may need. We need to make at least 500 kits to ensure everyone who is receiving a meal, is also receiving a hygiene kit!

**As requested, we made an Amazon wish list - Whatever isn’t bought, we will be ordering this weekend to ensure we have everything we need!** https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1ISBMSYPMXKDI?ref_=wl_share

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For anyone interested in helping out, here are our Thanksgiving plans.

We are looking for the following.

- Contacts with busses or vans that can help transport our neighbors experiencing Homelessness to and from Haas Park on 11/24

- Folks interested in helping bake pies or other desserts and drop off to Haas Park on 11/24

- Folks that would like to help serve meals and help
clean at Haas on 11/24

- Folks that would like to help cook and distribute hot meals around 11am on Thanksgiving morning out to our Homeless neighbors.

Info on how to offer your time or help financially are on the flyer.

Thanks everyone!

We’re at Commercial Park at 1845 W Rice till 3:30 passing out Churros and Hot Chocolate.

Bring the kiddos and Paint some Pumpkins and grab some Candy!

Here are some Details about our Thanksgiving Meal plan this year.

We’re also looking for help with Vans/Busses to help transport our Neighbors experiencing Homelessness to and from Haas Park.

We would also love to find some folks that would like to bake some Pies so we can also provide a desert.

Looking forward to working together with the Haas Park Advisory Council!

We’re excited to be able to be a part of this great event on Saturday. If you’d like to help contribute to the event details are on the flyer.

This is the why.

Smiles are for Free the community project of The Grief Compass is partnering with Westtown Feeds to give backpacks and supplies to 300 kids this Saturday at Haas Park. The event will also feature free food, an ice cream truck, and live music.

Smiles is inspired by Sofia, a 9 year old Logan Square little girl who died in 2010. Haas Park features a small garden for Sofia with plans to expand to an even larger space of peace and healing for the community. With this event and others including an annual Remembrance Ceremony, we are reminded that no one escapes the impacts of loss and the healing power of community, kindness and smiles.