A Community comes together Partnering with the YMCA of Springfield, the Foodbank provided 735 sack lunches made by Nelson’s Catering for area students using the YMCA as a remote learning site. “By the Foodbank providing nutritious foods for student's our staff can focus our resources on working with the students in other areas,” said Sarah Brewer, Association Director of Youth Development.

"...We come from different geographic communities, have different professions and different interests, but the one characteristic that unifies us is our passion to provide a basic need -- food."

Friend-In-Deed and Central Illinois Foodbank partnered with Nelson's Catering of Central Illinois to create 2,500 holiday meals, which were delivered before Thanksgiving and Christmas to seniors at seven Springfield locations.

With the 2020 high school football season sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, Derek Parris, Sports Director with Channel 1450, wanted to find a competitive way to help the community. His play: the "Fill the Trailer" food drive. ... The teams collected $1,500 and 10,475 pounds of non-perishable food items, which provides nearly 18,000 meals, making our neighbors the big winners!

"Partnering with the YMCA of Springfield, the Foodbank provided 735 sack lunches..."