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OPRF Food Pantry Addresses Hunger Problem in Q&A, Free Documentary Screening
A roundup of weekend happenings in Oak Park and River Forest.
Hunger Problem: How Can We Help?
The Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry on Sunday will hold a documentary screening, to open a dialogue about how to help with hunger issues as the holidays approach.
The food pantry's second free screening of A Place at the Table, an eye-opening documentary about hunger in America, will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St.
In a recent post on Patch, blogger Dave Wittekind shared a Q&A with OPRF Food Pantry Community Program Manager Kristi Braun, which addresses the hunger problem in our area, how the latest round of stamp cuts have affected food pantries and how residents can help.
Read more here.
Weekend weather forecast (according to the National Weather Service):
Other weekend happenings in Oak Park and River Forest:
The Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry on Sunday will hold a documentary screening, to open a dialogue about how to help with hunger issues as the holidays approach.
The food pantry's second free screening of A Place at the Table, an eye-opening documentary about hunger in America, will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St.
In a recent post on Patch, blogger Dave Wittekind shared a Q&A with OPRF Food Pantry Community Program Manager Kristi Braun, which addresses the hunger problem in our area, how the latest round of stamp cuts have affected food pantries and how residents can help.
Read more here.
Weekend weather forecast (according to the National Weather Service):
- Friday: Chance of rain and snow, cloudy with a high near 41
- Saturday: Partly sunny, high of 33
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, high near 29
Other weekend happenings in Oak Park and River Forest:
- Annual Holiday Book and Toy Fair
- Family Story Time at Whole Foods Market
- Story Time Special Event
- Drop-in Middle School Gaming or Movie
- "The Miracle Worker" Presented by Lincoln Middle School
- Children's Hunger Fund Toy Wrap
- Christkindlmarkt Boutique Craft Fair
- Chicago Toy & Game Fair
- Bacon, Sports and Beer Celebration
- Two-Chorus 'Peace Celebration' Performance at the Oak Park Arms
- Glad Tidings! Great Joy! - Oak Park Concert Chorale Christmas Concert
- Community of Congregations Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
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