January 9, 2010 Feed the Homeless Event Sponsored by The Northern Illinois Chapter of American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Project Coordinator Beverly Ethridge President NIAACN

January 9, 2010

NIAACN Board Members are Ready to Serve

Willing Hands Of NIAACN Members and Their families Come to Help

One Example of Commitment Sheri has helped Since 2004

Co workers bring their children

And Some Co Workers Bring other Co Workers from their Department to the event

Volunteers came in sizes big and small

It is a day for lessons in caring about others

Cheerful Attitudes greet the homeless on this cold January day

Some Volunteers came for their very first time

Many Volunteers return every year

Caring Hearts Of all ages Came to Help

Even Grandchildren were recruited to help

And they were Rewarded With Hugs

NIAACN members and their children

Many came to help serve those in need

Smiling Faces Ready to Serve

There were many choices for Desserts

There were plenty of Chips and fruit cups

A Quiet moment is enjoyed with friends

The Serving Begins

We were considered Newsworthy

Chanel 23 broadcast our event

Channel 13 also carried our story

It was very cold that day : we began serving at 11 am

170 Plates Of Nutritious Food Were Served

The hot meal was appreciated by those in need

Beverages were delivered by our volunteers

Together We Can Do Great Things

The Homeless were treated like company And appreciated the food and fellowship

For Their Generous Support of this event NIAACN Thanks: Twenty four area businesses

Texas Road House Giovanni’s Hoffman House The Machine Shed Kegels Diner Golden Corral IHOP Burger King Stockholm Inn Midwest Dairymen’s Co. Green Giant Del Monte Frito Lay Vitners FS Panera Bread Jim and Gary’s Locker McDonalds Sam’s Club Wallmart Logli Gray’s IGA Woodman’s Culver’s 50 lbs pulled pork 2 large pans of ham 20 pound ham Enough Mashed potatoes for pound ham Brownies Instant Mashed potatoes for cases of Biscuits 5 gallons of gravy 300 half pints of white and chocolate milk 100 lbs corn 100 lbs green beans 50 lbs peas 14 cases fruit cups 2 cases largest size peas 400 snack chips 6 cases of corn chips 300 Napkins, Paper Plates, Cups 10 coffee cakes 10 pound ham Orange Drink Punch for 200 $25 gift certificate $50 gift certificate $20 gift certificate $20 gift certificate $25 gift certificate Plastic Plates and “To Go” Containers

The line remained open

And to go boxes were made available

The homeless were given a sack lunch to enjoy later when they left Health kits with soap and toothbrushes were also given

Those that came to help Have pledged to return again

A Special thanks to Bert For creating all the health kits

Thank you to those that helped cook Not shown Keri Kirchhoff Who cooked 4 large pans of Harsh Browns Bert ran the Kitchen at Sheltered Care Kim helped cook Large pans of Green Beans Judy and Cathy cooked 3 large pans of Corn Mary cooked Large pans of Vegetables And made 10 cakes Ken and Bev cooked 6 Roasters and 13 Crock Pots of Meat and vegetables 3 large cakes 1 case of biscuits NIAACN Board Members Each brought a cake

Thank you to those in the Kitchen You kept things running smoothly

Leftover Chips and Fruit Cups and Cake were delivered to Maya’s House Thank you to those who helped with Clean Up

The Leftover Meat and Hash Brown Casserole were left at Sheltered Care in their Refrigerator as well as the white milk

The leftover Vegetables and the Potatoes and Gravy and Biscuits were delivered to the Rockford Rescue Mission The leftover chocolate milk was delivered to the Children of Maya’s House Nothing goes to waste

Many offers of Thanks were received from the Homeless

Without your help this event would not be possible No One Can Do It Alone !!!! THANK YOU

NIAACN would like to thank all that participated in this event even down to our smallest volunteer