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OLI Receives Check From Home Depot
OLI Gardens President, Fred Greenwood receives a $500.00 check from Home Depot’s Store Manager, Chris Oleksyn.
Fred Greenwood
Jan 3, 20211 min read
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OLI Donates Raised Garden Beds to Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry
OLI was excited to donate multiple raised garden beds to the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, Illinois.
Fred Greenwood
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Food Insecurity For Minorities
the BLM movement has revived much-needed conversations about the inequalities and injustices people of color face today.
Fred Greenwood
Jul 19, 20203 min read
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OLI Donates Raised Garden Beds to the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Rockford, IL
One of our mural painted raised garden beds was donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank of Rockford.
Fred Greenwood
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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OLI Gives to Boone County, IL
On June 25th, 2020, OLI donated a raised bed to the Empower Boone Food Pantry in Boone County, Illinois.
Fred Greenwood
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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OLI In The Community
Parama Ghatak, Ashrita Gottumukala, and Zack Cisco (not pictured) donated 10 pounds of food to the Warren Sharpe Community Center.
Fred Greenwood
Jun 2, 20201 min read
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More than a disease, COVID-19 exposes health risk of food insecurity: OPINION
Great article from Dr. Jay Bhatt at ABC News. Many patients at high health risk of COVID-19 contagion live in "food deserts."
OLI
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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Fred Greenwood
Aug 12, 20190 min read
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MIDWEST NEWS: FOOD LIBRARIES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Read about how individuals can make a difference by organizing small food pantries in their neighborhoods. Story from Star Tribune. Click...
Fred Greenwood
Jul 21, 20191 min read
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Fred Greenwood
Jul 19, 20190 min read
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URBAN FARM: 1500 POUNDS OF LETTUCE TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRY
Columbia Public Schools creates a new position to bring the farm to the Schools We have been busy with planting, weeding and harvesting...
Fred Greenwood
Jun 21, 20181 min read
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IN OBAMA'S NAME, GARDENERS AIM TO HELP POOR
by Marie Wilson, Daily Herald The Obama Legacy Initiative found some of its volunteers in the News on Friday, May 11th. An initiative...
Fred Greenwood
May 14, 20182 min read
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ONE COUNTY AT A TIME
In Douglas County, Kansas, nearly 19,000 families are at risk for hunger…hunger in this United States of America, the land of plenty! ...
Fred Greenwood
Apr 2, 20182 min read
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WARREN-SHARPE COMMUNITY CENTER GARDEN
Joliet, IL- The Warren-Sharpe Community Center is an amazing place located in South Joliet, Illinois. The force behind the success of the...
Fred Greenwood
Oct 31, 20171 min read
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