Bounce and Shop Tonight in Oswego

Canned food drive and raffle to benefit the Kendall County Food Pantry.

Shopping, bouncing and benefitting the food pantry. That’s what area residents and businesses plan on doing tonight at the Holiday Bounce and Shop at Bounce Town in Oswego. Residents are encouraged to bring canned foods and other non-perishable items to donate to the Kendall County Food Pantry in exchange for discounted bounce passes. Passes will be $7 for 90 minutes of open bouncing and $9 for two hours. A 50/50 raffle for holiday items will also be held, with all proceeds benefitting the food pantry. Local businesses and craftsmen will be on hand selling wares during the festivities. Participating businesses include: The event begins at 5:00 p.m. and goes until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11. 

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YGS PTO, Troops and Students Unite for Kendall County Food Pantry

Food and fund drive collects more than 300 items.

Information provided by the Yorkville Grade School PTO. The Yorkville Grade School PTO, Daisy Troop 399 and Brownie Troop 166 collected hundreds of food items during the YGS Fall Food and Fund Drive for the Kendall County Food Pantry, which ended Nov. 9. During three weeks in October and November, the troop members and their classmates brought non-perishable food items to Yorkville Grade School. In all, they collected 310 food items and $25 in cash donations. According to the KCFP, each dollar donated purchases $6 worth of food at the Northern Illinois Food Bank, making the drive’s cash donation equivalent to $150 of food. “We are extremely pleased with the results of the drive,” said Kelly Krantz, Troop 399 leader. “We are proud of our …

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Snapshot: Oswego Chamber of Commerce Leads Great Hunger Challenge Food Drive

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The Oswego Chamber of Commerce Leads groups again had their Great Hunger Challenge Food Drive on Thursday, November 8th and collected food and money for the Kendall County Food Pantry.  Cindy Thompson, Oswego Community Bank; Jeannie LaMarre, Fox Valley Trophy & Tastefully Simple and Natalie LaMarre delivered the items collected included $1554 in cash and checks to Maria Spaeth of the  Kendall County Food Pantry.  The Food Pantry is still in need of small turkeys for the holidays.  You may drop them off at their location in Yorkville.  For more information on the Oswego Chamber of Commerce and its members go to www.oswegochamber.org, call 630-554-3505 or stop into the Chamber office at 630-554-3505.  For more information on the Kendall …

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Kendall County Food Pantry Holding Pet Food Drive

Drive held Nov. 3-4 at Oswego Petco Store.

Information provided by the Kendall County Food Pantry Pet Food Department. The Kendall County Food Pantry Pet Food Department will be holding a pet food drive on both Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 at the Oswego Petco Store, 3066 Highway 34. Mary Anne Ryan, Pet Food Distribution Coordinator, will be assisted by both Yorkville Middle School Student Council Members as well as Members from Yorkville Girl Scout Troop 4312. This pet food drive has been scheduled to coincide with the National Petco Pet Food Drive The Kendall County Food Pantry Pet Food Department has also been recently  asked to be the designated organization at the Petco Shorewood Store, 990 Brookforest Ave. Since Kendall County extends into Plainfield, Joliet, and Minooka, the Shorewood …

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Photo: Yorkville Middle School Students Collect Donations at Oswego Petco

The food and cash benefits the Kendall County Food Pantry's food distribution program.

A special thanks to Mary Anne Ryan, of the Kendall County Food Pantry's food distribution program, for providing this news release and photograph. Yorkville Middle School Student Council Members assisted Kendall County Food Pantry Pet Food Distributor, Mary Anne Ryan, at a pet food drive at the Oswego Petco.  The food drive took place on Saturday, 9/22/12. The students, who asked Petco customers to donate to the pantry, brought in 240 pounds of purchased pet food and $177.

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Kendall County Probation Officers Give Back

The probation and court services department collected donations for Kendall County Food Pantry during National Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Week.

A special thanks to Tina Varney, director of Kendall County Probation and Court Services, for providing the following news release and photograph. July 15-21, 2012 was the annual National Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Week. Each year during this week, Kendall County Probation employees are celebrated for the outstanding work they do in the areas of promoting public safety, advocating for clients, brokering treatment referrals, monitoring and reporting to the Court as it relates to the supervision of individuals sentenced to Probation and Court Supervision. During this year’s celebration, in addition to performing their regular duties, Kendall County Probation employees partnered with the Kendall County Food Pantry to raise …

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Photos: Pig Out 2012

The fundraiser Friday benefited YARN Foundation Inc. and the Kendall County Food Pantry.

The Man Store raised about $3,800 for the YARN Foundation and the Kendall County Food Pantry during a "Pig Out 2012" fundraiser, organizer Larry Motykowski said. Montykowski, of The Man Store, estimated that at least 200 people attended the fundraiser, which featured The After Five Band and a dunk tank with local dignitaries. Sponsors covered event expenses such as event shirts, equipment rentals, and trash cans. The sponsors were Beery Heating & Cooling, Legal Shield, Village Grind, Smokeys BBQ, Stevens Silk Screeningn, First Place Rental, Allied First Bank, Bradley Roofing, Dan Koukol for County Board, Dunwell Home Inspection, G.A. Blocker Grading Contractor, Liberty Insurance, Mamie's Toffee, Premier Print, Jacobsen Lawn Services, Area …

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Photos: YIS Holds Toilet Paper Drive for Food Pantry

Students delivered the toilet paper and took a tour of the Kendall County Food Pantry last month.

Editor's note: This article was written by Faith Twardzik, a sixth-grader at Yorkville Intermediate School. The Kendall County Food Pantry is an organization devoted to helping out people that are unfortunate. The student council members at Yorkville Intermediate School started a toilet paper drive for the Food Pantry upon hearing that toilet paper is one of the most needed items at the Pantry. In addition to collecting toilet paper for the Pantry, these hard-working students carried all of the toilet paper to the Pantry on Monday, April 30th. While at the Food Pantry, these students toured the Pantry, after working vigorously to help package the toilet paper. On the tour, they saw wide varieties of food and supplies that are offered to …

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Kendall County Food Pantry Hopes to Move to New Digs by Year’s End

Organization’s current location is too small to meet growing needs of county residents.

Over the past few years, the economic crisis in the U.S. has meant that more people than ever are struggling to feed their families – and property owners are helplessly watching the value of their homes, buildings and land plummet. But if a silver lining can be found in the dark economic clouds, it’s that those same decreasing property values have made it possible for the Kendall County Food Pantry to purchase a building to serve its ever-growing number of clients. “It’s a double-edged sword,” said Maria Spaeth, executive director of the food pantry.  “As a board, we had projected that, in time, we would have to have our own building. But we did not think it would be this soon.” Spaeth projects that by the end of the year, the food pantry …

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