Illinois Pork Donates Over 1,500 Boxes of Bacon
10.11.21
Illinois Pork Donates Over 1,500 Boxes of Bacon in Pass the Bacon Campaign
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – In an effort to get valuable protein further into our local Illinois communities, the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) again hosted a “Pass the Bacon” campaign this past week in honor of October Pork Month.
To kick-off the month of celebration related to the pork industry, IPPA recruited nominations in two ways to find local food pantry establishments in need of protein. In the first wave, 25 winners were randomly selected from a social media post on the IPPA Facebook page where it asked followers to comment with their local food pantry.
The recipients are as follows:
Ball Chatham Food Pantry, Chatham
Cass County Food Pantry, Virginia
Clifton Community Food Pantry, Clifton
Colona Township Food Pantry, Colona
Community Action food Pantry, Lincoln
COPE Food Pantry, Metropolis
Edinburg Food Pantry, Edinburg
Freeburg Food Pantry, Freeburg
Green Bean Food Pantry, Trenton
Hands of Christ Food Pantry, Paxton
Highland Area Christian Service Ministry, Highland
Home Sweet Home Ministries, Bloomington
Jacksonville Area Community Food Center, Jacksonville
Kewanee Food Pantry, Kewanee
Koinonia Food Pantry, Lacon
Marengo Food Pantry, Marengo
Marion Ministerial Alliance, Marion
MAS Food Pantry, Flanagan
Neighborhood Care Center, Clinton
New Hope Christian Church Food Pantry, Bridgeport
St. Francis Food Pantry, Quincy
St. Francis Food Pantry, Quincy
Taylorville Food Pantry, Taylorville
The Hope Chest, Pekin
Washington WHIP Food Pantry, Washington
WUMC Loves and Fish Food Pantry, Saybrook
In the second wave, IPPA gave Illinois legislators an opportunity to nominate their local pantry as well. The following 36 winners are also receiving a bacon donation:
A Just Harvest, nominated by: Rep. Kelly Cassidy
Chester Area Christian Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. David Friess
Club Apaseo El Alto, nominated by: Rep. Rita Mayfield
Common Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Ann Williams
Crisis Food Center, nominated by: Rep. Amy Elik
Cuba Township Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Martin McLaughlin
Downers Grove Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator John Curran
Edward G. Irvin Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Lamont Robinson
Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Deanne Mazzochi
Empower Boone Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator Dave Syverson
FISH of Galesburg, nominated by: Rep. Dan Swanson
Gibson Area Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Thomas Bennett
Glen-Ed Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Katie Stuart
Holy Family Logan Catholic Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator Sally Turner
Hope Collective Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Chris Bos
Irvington Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Charlie Meier
Kankakee County Community Services, nominated by: Rep. Jackie Haas
Kendall County Community Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Keith Wheeler
Lazarus House, nominated by: Rep. Dan Ugaste
Loaves and Fishes Aurora, nominated by: Senator Laura Ellman
Loaves and Fishes Naperville, nominated by: Senator Linda Holmes
Lombard-Villa Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Terra Costa Howard
Neighbors Food Pantry of Wonder Lake, nominated by: Rep. Steven Reick
Niles Township Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator Ram Villivalam
Northern Illinois Food Bank, nominated by: Senator Larry Walsh
Northfield Township Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator Laura Fine
Northside Solidarity Network, nominated by: Rep. Will Guzzardi
Pekin Outreach, nominated by: Rep. Mark Luft
Pilsen Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Theresa Mah
Roselle UMC Community Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Michelle Mussman
Savana Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Tony McCombie
St. Andrew Lutheran Church, nominated by: Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Sycamore Food Pantry - Sycamore United Methodist Church, nominated by: Rep. Jeff Keicher
The M.O.R.E Center, nominated by: Senator Craig Wilcox
Vernon Township Food Pantry, nominated by: Rep. Daniel Didech
West Deerfield Township Food Pantry, nominated by: Senator Julie Morrison
In a thank you message from State Representative Terra Costa Howard, thanking IPPA for gifting the Lombard/Villa Park Food Pantry with bacon, she shared that their service area has had a significant increase of clients and yet the donations have not been able to keep pace with the need. “We appreciate the donation and know it will be put to good use,” says Costa Howard.
October is known as “Pork Month” because it marked the time of year when hogs were traditionally marketed. Now, in 2021, farmers are shipping market-ready hogs to processing at all times of the year. We use October as a time to continue celebrating our pork producers and the delicious protein they raise.
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The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) represents more than 1,600 pork producers throughout Illinois and the Illinois pork industry, which contributes more than $1.8 billion and more than 10,500 jobs to the state’s economy. IPPA is comprised of county pork producer groups in approximately 20 counties throughout Illinois. IPPA is an affiliate of the National Pork Producers Council and the National Pork Board.