In 2008, Feeding America network deemed September as Hunger Action Month® (HAM) in an effort to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger nationally. Locally, around 33,000 people in our tri-county area lack access to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life. Recognizing that hunger and food security is an issue for our community is in important piece of the Hunger Action Month Campaign work. This year the Partnership for a Healthy Community HEAL Priority action team is working to coordinate some events, print media, and online media all pointed at education about the hunger & health needs of our neighbors and actionable ways we can support these needs.
To achieve this and call our community to action, we have planned a variety of events:
- Bridge Lighting – Orange for Hunger on September 1
- Annual social media educational campaign on Facebook
- Hunger Action Month Community toolkit – go.illinois.edu/hamtoolkit
- Proclamations by local city and county government
- Nourish Your Neighbor Food Drives with Kroger’s – September 16
- Tri-County Hunger Walk – September 30
We invite you to join - share information & take action during the month!
You can find information about all the Hunger Action Month event activities by visiting: go.illinois.edu/ham2023
Tri-County Hunger Walk
The second annual Tri-County Hunger Walk will be held at OSF Center for Health, 8600 Illinois, IL-91, Peoria, IL 61615. The goal is to raise awareness and support the hunger and health of our neighbors by donating healthy, shelf-stable food options to local pantries. For the inaugural Tri-County Hunger Walk, we hope to have the community rally around this need and enjoy time with friends and family taking some steps to end hunger!
Saturday, September 30
Register online, find the flyer, and shopping list for items to donate, and more information at go.illinois.edu/walk2023.
Walk Entry Fee: One healthy-shelf stable food item per walker. Donations will go to local pantries.
Tri-County Hunger Walk T-Shirt: Order shirts for you and your walking party via a link you will get in your confirmation registration email.
Shirts are $20 each
Shirt pick-up will take place at the Hunger Walk Event
Money will go towards paying for the shirts and any excess will be donated to Food Pantry Network - HOI as funds that will be used to support pantries in our tri-county area in fighting hunger year-round.
The First one hundred registrants will get a FREE Tri-County Hunger Walk water bottle!
Pre-registration is encouraged for the event but not required.
Hunger Action Month Community Toolkit
- Information about the plans for September 2023 in the Tri-County area
- An outline of the importance of fighting hunger and the ties between hunger & health
- Ways that families could get connected to food
- Ideas of ways to fight hunger in your community
- Local initiatives that you could plug into
- Resources to help you fight hunger and spread awareness
Donations
Monetary donations to support our local charitable food system can also be made by check payable to Tazewell County Health Department with Hunger Walk on the memo line.
Donations can be mailed to:
Tazewell County Health Department
Attn: Shanita Wallace
21306 IL Rt 9
Tremont, IL 61568
#takestepstoendhunger23
Take Action
Other ways to take action during Hunger Action Month is to connect with your local food pantry and find out how you can get involved. You can find your local pantry here: go.illinois.edu/FindFoodIL.
Throughout the month it is encouraged to take photos of how you are showing your support and wear orange. You can send your pictures to Shanita Wallace, by email swallace@tchd.net, and share online using the hashtag #HungerActionMonth.