Illini Fighting Hunger facilitators always provide a full tutorial at the beginning of every packaging event. However, if you want to get ahead of the game or are just curious about how the process works, we’ve outlined the process for our casserole packaging projects here. We also facilitate single-ingredient packaging projects, which are effectively the same (just with one ingredient, like rice or pinto beans, instead of four!) Continue Reading…
Tag: Frequently Asked Questions
Where do our meals go?
Illini Fighting Hunger deliberately focuses on providing food to agencies addressing food insecurity in the state of Illinois. Primary recipients of the food packaged by our projects are food pantries and food banks in Illinois.
What’s in an Illini Fighting Hunger meal?
The Illini Fighting Hunger staple is Family Rice Casserole, a recipe with four primary ingredients:
A meal packaging event is a volunteer project in which meals and/or single-ingredient food items are prepared for distribution to people who struggle with food insecurity.
