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Date of the Event: Jan 18th - 20th
Date of the Event: Jan 18th - 20th
What's The Gist? (Main Idea of the Event)
What's The Gist? (Main Idea of the Event)
Thanks to the generosity of many people the Freezin' For A Reason event was a huge success for both the Grace Welcome Center but also the community. For the event, people around Kenosha worked together to raise money and donate food for the Grace Welcome Center.
Thanks to the generosity of many people the Freezin' For A Reason event was a huge success for both the Grace Welcome Center but also the community. For the event, people around Kenosha worked together to raise money and donate food for the Grace Welcome Center.
Many people volunteered to sleep outside after Andy Berg proposed the idea.
The Grace Welcome Center tracked the success of their goals throughout the three day event.
The Grace Welcome center Freezin' For a Reason Participants collect and box food donations.
Andy Berg originally planned to attend the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday in Washington D.C. Instead of traveling across the country, Berg chose to stay home and organize a local food drive during a time when pantries run low following the holidays.
What are the details?
What are the details?
County supervisor Andy Berg developed the idea, soon joined by Kenosha Ald. Dominic Ruffalo, a member of the Garden of Eatin’ Board of Directors, Joe Cardinali, and Katy Wallner of Creatives for Kenosha.
This event brought very different people together to help their community. Dominic Ruffalo, one of the first people to join in, said, “What better way to help the city move forward then have one conservative alderman and one strong democrat come together for the city of Kenosha.”
The plan was to gather enough food to fill the library of the Grace Lutheran Church and sleep outside until they could, they planned if they were able to make it in a day to see how many times they could fill it. Along with this the Grace Welcome center hoped to raise $4,500 to repair the roof.
The goals for the event were to help the Grace Welcome Center help the community. By raising money to pay for a replacement of the Grace Lutheran Church’s roof they would also save money and could use the money saved to do more for our community. Along with donations from individuals, the Garden of Eatin’ donated produce to the Grace Welcome Center, a table quickly emptied.
By 10 a.m. the second day they had already raised $2,000 for the roof replacement as well as 2,000 pounds of food collected for the drive.
Only half way through the event almost ⅖ of the money needed for roof replacement was donated, though by 8 p.m. they had raised over double the amount needed to replace the roof. At this time they had nearly filled the entire library with food donated by the community.
On top of in-person donations many local artists and crafters offered to donate some of their online sales for Freezin for a Reason event.
These generous people help the Grace Welcome Center reach their goals for the roof replacement. After the goal had been reached the Grace Welcome Center stated that any money not used for the roof would be used to stock the food pantry.
On Tuesday of the event Barker had said “We’ve never taken in a food donation this big before, it’s just beyond imaginable. It really warms our hearts.” Due to the outcome of this event, groups had started to talk about making it an annual event.
Thanks to the outcome of the event, helping raise over $10,000 for the Grace Welcome Center and filling the pantry, they began to speak about making it an annual drive, a decision later confirmed, with the 2022 Freezin for a Reason event.
Who was involved? How were they were involved?
Who was involved? How were they were involved?
Andy Berg: He was the county supervisor and came up with the idea of the event. According to Andy Berg the idea was formed after plans for a vacation out of state had been canceled; he decided a food drive was a great way to spend time helping his community.
Dominic Ruffalo: Kenosha Ald. Dominic Ruffalo was the second person on board with the idea, putting political differences aside for the sake of their community.
Joe Cardinali: Joe Cardinali is a member of the Garden of Eatin’ Board of Directors the non-profit the event was run through.
Katy Wallner: Katy Wallner of Creatives for Kenosha, also reached out to participate in the event.
Why is this event/moment important to the Uptown Community and greater Kenosha?
Why is this event/moment important to the Uptown Community and greater Kenosha?
This event showed that by putting differences aside we as a community will help each other thrive. Knowing that Berg took the time of 3 of his days to help the Grace Welcome Center so they can raise food and money donations so then they can serve their community is genuinely amazing and shows that there are some good people in the world.
This event showed that by putting differences aside we as a community will help each other thrive. Knowing that Berg took the time of 3 of his days to help the Grace Welcome Center so they can raise food and money donations so then they can serve their community is genuinely amazing and shows that there are some good people in the world.
Sources:
Sources:
WATCH NOW_ Community responds with donations for Grace Welcome Center pantry, church roof project _ Local News _ kenoshanews.com.pdfCommunity responds with donations for GraceWelcome Center pantry, church roof project
(Kenosha News Jan 19th 2021)
Freezin' for a reason_ Group to sleep outdoors for up to 3 days to help local food pantry _ Local News _ kenoshanews.com.pdfGroup to sleep outdoors for up to 3 days tohelp local food pantry
(Kenosha News Jan 17th 2021)
FREEZING FOR A REASONLocal food drive planned next week at Grace Lutheran Church
(Kenosha.com January 13th 20212)
Freezing For a Reason Food Drive with Supervisor Andy Berg
(Kenosha County Jan 19, 2021)
(Kenosha County Jan 19, 2021)
Author of Web Page
Author of Web Page
Kiara Segreti 7th Grade; Hazel Kressin 8th Grader at Harborside Academy (May 2022)
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