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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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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.