Pandemic means less food to give out but higher demand at Loaves & Fishes
… The Daily Herald talked to Joni Wiltz, Director of Marketing and Communications, to learn more about how the pandemic has impacted this nonprofit….
Loaves & Fishes Community Services is an anti-poverty, hunger relief organization with a mission to provide healthy food and impactful programs to promote self-sufficiency. We believe in order to eliminate hunger we must address its root causes. We provide access to nutritious food and resources that help families overcome the barriers that prevent them from living healthy, economically stable lives.
… The Daily Herald talked to Joni Wiltz, Director of Marketing and Communications, to learn more about how the pandemic has impacted this nonprofit….
… It has also impacted how agencies like Loaves & Fishes provide services when working from home. Before the pandemic, we had 40 volunteers a week working on our emergency assistance program. …
“With food, the need is right here right now. We are the boots on the ground,” Mike Hvala, CEO of Loaves and Fishes Community Services in Naperville, says. …
