Food Aid 2025: A Music Festival To Combat Food Insecurity

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The Austin Eats Initiative is a group of 20+ local agencies and efforts that have come together to sow and grow a healthier Austin. By strengthening the food access ecosystem, supporting culinary entrepreneurship and local community gardens, and by engaging residents about food through film screenings, Austin Eats is working to change the food landscape and rewrite the narrative around food in Austin.

Best of Proviso Township is a member-funded association that supports the Proviso and surrounding Communities through member involvement. The association plans to use our pool of talent, expertise and networking ability to model, mentor, monitor and motivate. As a group, we are looking to help our children with life long decisions as we keep them motivated throughout their journeys. We intend to model good citizenship, mentor the next generation and spotlight the positives in their lives and the lives of others; we will monitor growth and dispel negativity and low self worth. The Association will motivate this type of behavior so that it will become contagious and multiply.

Current Locations: 1. Euclid Avenue Methodist Church, 405 S. Euclid Ave. (Fridge is in shed across street in church parking lot). 2. Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 607 Harvard Street.

Westchester Food Pantry is a subsidiary of Great Chicago Food Depository. The Westchester Food Pantry serves as a resource throughout the year for those who are hungry and food insecure.

As of June 30, the Pantry served 2,624 client households, or about 8,500 individuals in 2023. This represents a 40% increase over the same period last year, and it already exceeds the total client households served in 2019.  In May, 470 clients came through the Pantry’s doors to receive food, a new monthly high.

The Westchester Food Pantry is run entirely by volunteers, and relies entirely on donations to operate. Your support goes directly to serve our neighbors in need.