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Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists is holding their 2nd annual “Choose To Move Northern Rehab Challenge” from May 1 - 17. Take the challenge to be more active and enjoy the great outdoors! Participants can choose to do a variety of new activities anywhere, at their convenience, anytime within our community. This event and fundraiser supports Barb Food Mart, Spartan Food Pantry, DeKalb County Community Gardens, Genoa Food Hub and Rochelle Christian Food Pantry. Participants can choose to do a variety of new activities anywhere, at their convenience, anytime within our community. A great family-friendly community event for everyone of all ages to participate in – Get a Choose to Move Activity Card, choose your activities, earn an event t-shirt, enter our raffle, and support a great local non-profit organization! Northern Rehab will donate $5.00 to a local food pantry for EVERY card turned in! Fun for the whole family, kids and teens, couples, individu
Event Description
Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists is holding their 2nd annual “Choose To Move Northern Rehab Challenge” from May 1 - 17. Take the challenge to be more active and enjoy the great outdoors! Participants can choose to do a variety of new activities anywhere, at their convenience, anytime within our community. This event and fundraiser supports Barb Food Mart, Spartan Food Pantry, DeKalb County Community Gardens, Genoa Food Hub and Rochelle Christian Food Pantry. Participants can choose to do a variety of new activities anywhere, at their convenience, anytime within our community. A great family-friendly community event for everyone of all ages to participate in – Get a Choose to Move Activity Card, choose your activities, earn an event t-shirt, enter our raffle, and support a great local non-profit organization! Northern Rehab will donate $5.00 to a local food pantry for EVERY card turned in! Fun for the whole family, kids and teens, couples, individu
Northern Star
DeKALB – The DeKalb Community Gardens will have their Grow Mobile Event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N Annie Glidden Rd, to give free boxes of food to those that need it.
Grow Mobile is a program administered by DeKalb Community Gardens to bring fresh food into the food deserts of DeKalb County, according to the DeKalb Community Gardens website.
The Grow Mobile events have been taking place multiple times per week and across various areas since 2016, said Jackie BiNatale, Communications Director for DeKalb Community Gardens.
Due to the colder weather and current lack of fresh produce, DeKalb Community Gardens has partnered with the Northern Illinois Food Bank to get non-perishable products to those that need them, BiNatale said. When the growing season for produce begins, more fresh produce will be available.
Northern Star
At times, many DeKalb residents, particularly NIU students, are unsure how they will get their next meal. Even though food insecurity is a term that many are not familiar with, many do fall into that category without knowing they do, said Courtney Gallaher, Associate Professor in the Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences.
According to the January 20, 2021 Northern Star Twitter poll, only 27% of the 22 respondents indicated that they “know how food insecurity affects members of the DeKalb community and college students in general.” That means 73% do not know how it affects them. Very likely, unfamiliarity with the term “food insecurity” is to blame.