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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Groups like Meals On Wheels Northeastern Illinois and A Just Harvest are providing free meals this Thanksgiving thanks to the work of their staff and volunteers.

Local organizations provide food, resources for people in need this Thanksgiving

November 15, 2023

Every Thanksgiving, several thousand residents walk or run along the lakefront for the Evanston Flying Turkey 5k. The race provides an opportunity for people to donate money and goods to help people in...

Val Buchanan. Buchanan, who works in the Leadership Development and Community Engagement office, serves as a “matchmaker” between NU students and community partners in Evanston and Chicago.

Val Buchanan makes it her mission to help students engage beyond the campus bubble

October 22, 2019

Growing up, Val Buchanan didn’t feel like she really had a hometown. After bouncing around the country for family moves, college and career opportunities, Buchanan, 46, feels she’s partly from Michigan,...

A group of eighth graders from Gale Community Academy graduate at Norris. Through Neighbor2Neighbor, Northwestern partners with Gale Community Academy and other nonprofit organizations in Rogers Park.

Northwestern partners with Rogers Park nonprofits to serve community

October 3, 2018

Just past the southern border of Evanston sits Rogers Park, one of the most racially and socioeconomically diverse neighborhoods in Chicago. A pocket of the neighborhood rests just north of a portion of...

Jatwaun Smith and Peter Hoy speak at a Justice Talk on urban agriculture and food justice. Smith and Hoy discussed their work with Chicago organization A Just Harvest, one of the partners of the University’s new Neighbor2Neighbor program.

Nonprofit representatives discuss relationship between food, equity

October 13, 2017

Food insecurity and waste intertwine with other issues of equity, said Peter Hoy, director of economic and work development for A Just Harvest, a nonprofit committed to ending hunger in Chicago. “Someone...

GreekBuild hosts winter games to raise money, awareness

March 3, 2013

As Bienen sophomore Kristina Choo prepared for the GreekBuild Winter Olympics on Saturday with fellow members of Pi Beta Phi, she said she was not too worried about her competition. “I’ve been scoping...

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