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"People should never go hungry in Palatine Township"
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YHOP's Mission &
"Workers" Mission: Ongoing fundraising for the YHOP Fund -- a dedicated, restricted fund of the Palatine Township Food Pantry. YHOP collects CASH, not cans.... the Food Pantry uses money from the YHOP Fund to reduce cash shortages, explore expansion opportunities, and provide food without interruption for the 220+ families it serves every month. YHOP's goal is to raise over $25,000 per year; this ambitious amount is needed to sustain YHOP's dream: "People should never go hungry in Palatine Township." To donate, click here. Area youth -- Fremd HS, Palatine HS, Church Youth -- provide leadership / labor by hosting fundraisers, approaching local businesses, and appealing to private donors. To donate, click here. |
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How Can I Help?
While driven by youth, YHOP also relies on (adult) individual and
corporate gifts.
100% of proceeds
go to the YHOP Fund. Donations may qualify as tax deductible, as the Palatine Food
Township
Pantry is a 501(c)3 organization.
Please consider giving $100 or more.
To donate, click here.
To discuss a special YHOP donation, please contact YHOP's
Director using this email:
yhop.fund@gmail.com
Kids -- have a
YHOP
Birthday Party!!
Click here.
Or, host a
YHOP
Sleepover!!
Click here. Contact YHOP's Director, Christine Spasoff, using this email: yhop.fund@gmail.com |
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What is the Palatine Township
Food Pantry? The Palatine Township Food Pantry, established in 1970, is located at 721 S. Quentin Rd. in Palatine (across from Fremd HS). Palatine Township's boundaries are: Lake-Cook Rd. (north), Wilke Rd. (east), Central Rd. (south) and Freeman Rd./Huntington Blvd. (west). Approximately 220 needy families are served monthly. To donate, click here. |
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Other YHOP questions? Contact YHOP's Director, Christine Spasoff, using this email: yhop.fund@gmail.com
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YHOP's History
(items listed below in reverse chronological order)
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Using YHOP funds, the Palatine Township Food Pantry expands to 3X the size of its prior space. The Food Pantry is currently serving over 250 families each month -- up sharply from the 180 families less than two years earlier (when YHOP was launched). |
Successful 2nd (2009) Fundraising Season |
![]() YHOP surpasses its $25,000 2nd year goal, having now raised over $140,000 for the Palatine Township Food Pantry. Focused efforts must continue to achieve YHOP's mission of "People should never go hungry in Palatine Township." |
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2008-09 YHOP Director Kathy Wischhusen "Nominated by their high schools (from nearly 100 high schools in the Daily Herald readership area) -- not just for volunteering their time, but also for developing into leaders in their communities." |
YHOP Leaders named to Daily Herald's 2008-09 Leadership Team |
2008-09 YHOP Sr. Leader Jamieson Gray "While any kind of volunteerism has great value, young people who learn how to organize, and persuade others of the justness of their cause, are the ones capable of making real change." |
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![]() Fremd High School Principal Lisa Small, YHOP Founder and 2007-08 Director Kellie Kinsella, and Palatine High School Principal Gary Steiger with YHOP's Those Who Excel Award, presented to YHOP on October 18, 2008 in Peoria. |
YHOP Wins Two Statewide Awards |
![]() Palatine Township Supervisor Linda Fleming shown here with YHOP Adult Advisor Kevin Kinsella, as they proudly pose with their newly-received Governor's Hometown Award, presented to YHOP on October 20, 2008 in Springfield. |
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![]() Launched in the summer of 2007, YHOP set its fundraising goal as $100,000. The premise was if the YHOP Fund started out with a "giant snowball at the top of the mountain," then successive fundraising seasons could strive to create "smaller fundraising snowballs" to make certain there was always "snow on the mountain" (i.e., cash in the YHOP Fund). |
YHOP's Inaugural 2008 Fundraising Season |
![]() On February 22, 2008, the Fremd High School marquis announced the wonderful news! YHOP's first fundraising season -- due to the combined efforts of 1,000+ people -- had obtained the "giant snowball" of $100,000. Final accounting showed the inaugural season having raised $112,000. |
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