More than 1,600 runners, walkers, families, and supporters, along with more than 100 volunteers came together on Saturday, May 2 at Cantigny Park in Wheaton to raise more than $300,000 to support “neighbors” facing hunger across Northern Illinois.
The Northern Illinois Food Bank’s 13th Annual Fight Hunger 10K, 5K & 1-Mile Run, presented by ALDI, is the largest fun run for hunger relief in the Chicago suburban area. Last year, the NIFB provided 93 million meals to neighbors facing hunger in 13 counties throughout suburban and rural Northern Illinois.
The need is only growing. With changes to food supplemental programs including SNAP, Food Bank officials anticipate “historic numbers” of new clients — “neighbors” — with an additional 35,000 neighbors in seeking assistance in May and June, requiring 1 million more meals…