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Capital Campaign Will Help FEED Kitchens Break Ground This Year

Posted on by Brian Lee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2012

Contact: Ellen Barnard
(608) 576-3734

Capital Campaign Will Help FEED Kitchens Break Ground This Year

(MADISON, Wis.) – The Northside Planning Council is seeking to raise the remaining $775,000 needed to construct and open its Food Enterprise and Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens project later this year.

Funds already committed for the food business incubator to be located on the north side could be lost if new commitments are not raised by August 1, according to FEED Kitchens Chair Ellen Barnard.

“For FEED Kitchens to help people grow their businesses and gain job skills, we need to clear this last hurdle,” Barnard said. “All donations go into helping our local economy.”

The facility is a self-sustaining commercial kitchen for non-profit and for-profit use. Madison College, REAP Food Group, local caterers and food cart vendors are among the groups already signed up to use FEED Kitchens.

In addition to helping individuals gain job skills, FEED Kitchens anticipates 25-35 full-time food-related jobs will be created each year that the facility is open.

The Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas & Electric, A Woman’s Touch, Webcrafters Inc., City of Madison Community Development Block Grants and Buy Local-Buy Wisconsin have already made financial commitments.

The Food Enterprise and Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens will provide tools to help youth and adults who are disadvantaged, unemployed or underemployed develop skills that move them toward self-sufficiency. FEED will reduce hunger and increase the availability of healthy local food by providing organizations serving the hungry, gardeners and farmers a place to process excess produce that would otherwise end up in a landfill or compost pile. For more information, please visit www.feedkitchens.org.

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Rainbird: Help End Child Abuse with 1,000 Mile Walk Around Capitol

Posted on by Brian Lee

MEDIA ALERT
May 23, 2011

Contact: Brian Lee
(608) 622-7767

Rainbird: Help End Child Abuse with 1,000 Mile Walk Around Capitol

(MADISON, Wis.)—The Rainbird Foundation is hosting 1,000 people walking one mile around the State Capitol in the second-annual 1,000 Mile Journey, which begins at noon on July 31, to  raise funds and encourage people to take action for the end of child abuse, the non-profit organization announced today.

“Child abuse still exists because most of us don’t know what to do,” Hanna Roth, Rainbird’s founder, said. “We invite people to join us and take a stand for the end. That stand gives people access to the next action. It’s that easy.”

Featured speakers this year are Roth and Josh Jasper, CEO of the Riverview Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

Registration for the walk is $25 (free for those 9 and younger). Participants commit to collecting a minimum of $25 in pledges and are encouraged to create a team with friends, family and colleagues.

WHAT: The 1,000 Mile Journey
WHEN: Noon-3 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011
WHERE: 1.75 laps around the State Capitol
COST: $25/person (free for nine and younger), plus $25 in pledges
INFO: www.1000milejourney.org

The Rainbird Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Madison, Wis., is committed to the end of child abuse. Rainbird generates a conversation for the end of child abuse and builds local and global partnerships with organizations that share the same vision. Find out more at www.rainbirdfoundation.org.

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FEED Kitchens Livens up Fundraising Efforts with Summer Party

Posted on by Brian Lee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 7, 2011

Contact: Jodi Pathmann

(608) 217-1388

FEED Kitchens Livens up Fundraising Efforts with Summer Party

Proceeds will help build food business incubator on north side of Madison

(MADISON, Wis.) – Efforts to fund the building of Food Enterprise & Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens, a food business incubator, will continue on June 21 when the organization hosts a Summer Solstice Sampler event at Capital Brewery.

“We’re not only looking to raise money for construction of the facility, we’re also hoping to connect with potential users of the community kitchen, such as entrepreneurs, food cart operators and those looking to gain new job skills,” Jodi Pathmann, FEED’s event manager, said.

The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. and goes until sundown, will feature a live performance from the band Sweetgrass. Advanced tickets are $33 or $38 at the door and include appetizers and desserts from local restaurants, as well as a cash bar.

In addition, FEED will host a silent auction, with all bidding conducted at www.feedkitchens.org.

FEED Kitchens announced recently more than $75,000 in grants to the Northside Planning Council to construct its facility, which will be located at 1502 Pankratz Street and break ground later this year.

WHAT: FEED Kitchens’ Summer Solstice Sampler

WHERE: Capital Brewery, 734 Terrace Ave., Middleton, Wis.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21

COST: Single tickets are $33 in advance, $38 at the door. Pairs of tickets are $55 in

advance, $60 at the door. Appetizers and desserts are included in the admission.

INFO: www.feedkitchens.org

Food Enterprise & Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens is a 501(c)(3) non-profit social enterprise formed to support food entrepreneurs, provide custom processing of value-added products, enable development of food related employment and increase the availability of local, healthy and affordable food products in the Greater Madison community. For more information, please visit www.feedkitchens.org.

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