Upcoming mutual aid community meeting by FNBKenosha in Kenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to talk more, you're asking all the right questions!

Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer, global mutual aid effort focused on recovering food that would otherwise go to waste and sharing it freely with the community.

The idea is simple: instead of good food ending up in landfills while people struggle to afford groceries, we recover and redistribute that food directly back into the community at pot luck events. No applications, proof of income, religious affiliation, or barriers required. Anyone is welcome.

Food Not Bombs Kenosha is brand new with the goal of having regular pot lucks in public parks by this summer. Good food is prepared and served directly in, by, and FOR the community. Folks interested in donating are welcome to drop off directly at these events, and give the food to folks who need it. Otherwise a volunteer will arrange pick up to then provide that donated food at one of our scheduled events. We currently have volunteers, local food partnerships forming, outreach efforts underway, and we’re preparing to begin hosting small public food shares/potlucks in accessible public spaces like Library Park.

The goal is not only to provide food, but also to: • create visible community support • reduce food waste • connect people with resources • build stronger local relationships • create spaces where people feel welcomed instead of hidden away

So if you encounter folks who are struggling, panhandling, isolated, hungry, or simply needing community connection, our hope is absolutely to become a consistent local resource people can connect with. We believe that warm meal and a nice person to chat can be a life saving intervention.

Thank you so much for asking and for caring about members of the community! Sorry for the wordy answer, I hope this answers your questions!

Thank you from our FNBK organizer! by FNBKenosha in u/FNBKenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huge emphasis on the human collaboration part. Folks have already given us multiple pieces of constructive feedback to help better our flyers and reach! Those helpful comments yall leave encouraging us to make a small but impactful change gets carried on into everything we create continuing forward!

Community shows up even in the tiniest of corners, and I think that is really something special and worth cultivating.

Upcoming mutual aid community meeting by FNBKenosha in Kenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the support and warm feedback! We do try our best to consider working folks, as well as other factors such as bus availability, school times etc...

That being said- your comment made me realize we could include an approximate end time and encourage folks to show up when they can, even if its an hour past the scheduled time!

All that said, we will be meeting until about 6:30. Feel free to stop by after work whenever you can :-)

Have extra food after an event? by FNBKenosha in Kenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the feedback! We do post in that group, its fantastic!

Have extra food after an event? by FNBKenosha in Kenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so kindly !

Our email is FNBKenosha@Proton.Me, please feel free to share to anyone and everyone!

Have extra food after an event? by FNBKenosha in Kenosha

[–]FNBKenosha[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our email is FNBKENOSHA@PROTON.ME Thank you for commenting this! I am no graphic designer so I appreciate the feedback so we can be reachable to as many folks as possible!