WILL Connect: Growing Hope Against Hunger
A complete listing of upcoming programs, resources and stories about efforts to meet the needs of the hungry in east central Illinois as compiled by Illinois Public Media. See list below for ways in which you can join the conversation.
Interactive Google Map of Hunger Stories from East Central Illinois
Monday, November 14, 2011, 12:40 pm
Growing Hope Against Hunger - Sesame Street Explores Children's Perspectives on Hunger
WILL Radio, AM-580
Jeannette Betancourt, Ed.D., Senior Vice President for Outreach and Education Practices at Sesame Workshop, joins Celeste Quinn for a conversation.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 11:06 am
Overcoming Hunger in Central Illinois
WILL Radio, AM-580
Mike Meece, Administrator, Midwest Foodbank, Peoria and Bloomington
Tracy Smith, Illinois State Director, Feeding Illinois
Join the conversation here online Nov. 15 at 11:06 am
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 07:00 pm on WILL-TV
Sesame Street Special: Growing Hope Against Hunger
A family program from Sesame Workshop, features a story about Elmo as he learns how the struggle against hunger affects a friend, a new Muppet named Lily. The program also features documentary segments with four real families who have experienced the challenge of hunger and are finding strategies and resources that help.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 08:00 pm
Growing Hope Against Hunger: An Illinois Response
WILL-TV or watch on-line Nov. 15 at 08:00 pm.
Join Illinois Public Media’s David Inge live in the TV studio or on-line with a panel of people in central Illinois who are working to fight hunger as well as a studio audience of others involved in the effort through both faith-based organizations, non-profits, businesses or government programs.
Interspersed within the live studio show will be video stories from Illinois looking at the work of the Wesley Evening Food Pantry in Urbana; at the way the SNAP program (formerly known as food stamps) works in central Illinois and the stigma attached to SNAP that deters people from applying; and at efforts to combat rural hunger, including a mobile food pantry run by the Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield.
Panelists will include Tracy Smith, state director of Feeding Illinois; Donna Camp, director of the Wesley Evening Food Pantry; Craig Gundersen, professor of Agricultural & Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois; Brittani Evans, Peoria Area Foodbank outreach coordinator for McLean County SNAP; Sharon Sawka, social services director and Judy Lowder, captain, Salvation Army Danville Corps; Greg Damhurst, vice president of community outreach, Interfaith in Action; Jim Hires, executive director, Eastern Illinois Foodbank and Kristy Gilmore, manager of food and agency relations, Central Illinois Foodbank.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 09:00 pm
Live, On-line Chat
Join the conversation by participating in an hour-long, live, online interactive chat Nov. 15 at 09:00 pm here after the TV shows.
See videos below for personal stories of food insecurity in Illinois.
Wesley Evening Food Pantry from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
The Wesley Evening Food Pantry in Urbana, Illinois is the first evening food pantry in Champaign County. Meet its founder and director, Donna Camp, and some of the people who volunteer and use the service.
Mobile Food Pantry from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
The Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield, Illinois operates a mobile food pantry for rural residents in need of emergency food. Illinois Public Media followed the mobile pantry in October, 2011 when it made a stop in Taylorville.
Food Stamp Outreach in McLean County from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
Food stamps, now known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), provide a safety net for some families in need. Meet Brittani Evans, the Peoria Are Foodbank's SNAP Outreach Coordinator in McLean County.
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