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Food
training/Distribution
1 organization
offers restaurant training and food distribution to Westside residents:
Chicago
Anti-Hunger Federation
Chicago
Anti-Hunger Federation
Address:
4345 West Division St.
Chicago IL, 60651
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location
Phone: (773) 252-3663
Mission: The Chicago Anti-Hunger
Federation is dedicated to alleviating hunger in the Metropolitan
Chicago area through distribution of quality food, education, job
training, and advocacy.
Services:
Food distribution
- CAHF’S provides fresh fruits,
vegetables, and high quality staple foods to 200 soup kitchens,
shelters, and emergency food pantries
- We collect and distribute thousands
of food items throughout the year
- We serve an average of 150,000
hungry people each month, including 61,000 children and seniors,
for a total of 3.6 million meals each year
Education and Training
- CAHF’S Training Institute presents
educational opportunities for those on the front line. We offer
classes in food handling and a sanitation certificate. In addition,
CAHF sponsors a workshop and a special course on nutrition
- Oliver’s Kitchen is an innovative
culinary training program that reaches out to homeless, welfare-to-work,
and unemployed individuals. The program, which is accredited by
the Illinoise State Board of education, teaches students the skills
necessary to obtain a lifetime career in the food services industry
- We provide technical assistance
to emergency food facilities, helping them to operate efficiently,
fairly and compassionately.
- We publish a quarterly newsletter
to keep the public informed of our work and hunger-related issues.
We also publish a monthly newsletter with special information
for our member agencies.
Advocacy
- CAHF tracks developments regarding
nutrition and poverty issues and provides information on opportunities
for action to our member agencies, supporters and the general
public
- Among our advocacy programs, we
monitor the effects of welfare reform and encourage member agencies
to become voters registration sites
- We participate in alliances with
the Illinois Hunger Coalition, Midwest Anti-Hunger Network, Work
Welfare and Families, and others organizations focusing on hunger
and public welfare issues.
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