On Monday May 4th, SBF Junior Board had the opportunity to meet with IL State Representative Nabeela Syed during her monthly office hours at the Palatine Public Library and share the work that SBF Chicago has been doing to address food insecurity locally in Chicagoland area as well as globally.

675+ sandwiches + 600+ brown bags (help people who are facing homelessness, poverty, or crisis in Chicagoland area) 240+ bags with 6 different items - Palatine High School (for ~50 students over a 4 weekend period) Our Youth Leaders for this event were Drew Suthar and Arav Patel. Our biggest turnout

600 sandwiches + 150 brown bags (help people who are facing homelessness, poverty, or crisis in Chicagoland area) 200 bags with 6 different items - Hoffman Estates High School (for ~50 students over a 4 weekend period) Our Youth Leaders for this event were Aarin Mehta and Aarush Parikh Here are

We (and you) made a difference! 500 sandwiches + 150 brown bags - Night Ministry (help people who are facing homelessness, poverty, or crisis in Chicagoland area) 200 bags with 6 different items - Palatine High School (for ~50 students over a 4 weekend period) Our Youth Leaders for this event

Our Youth Leaders for this event were Vikram Pai and Mihir Binaykia. Here are the organizations we served Blessings in a Backpack is a nonprofit that provides weekend food to students who may not have enough to eat outside of school. Since many children receive free or reduced lunches during

On our first Food Packing Events, we packed food the the following organziations: Night Ministry (Chicago) - 300 sandwiches + 150 brown bags (juice + chips + granola) with no sandwiches Wayside Cross Ministries (Elgin) - 50 brown bag (juice + chips + granola) with 50 sandwiches and 50 bananas