Project22Nine

Project22Nine Help us reduce the hidden impact of COVID-19, and provide healthy meals to people who are food insecure.

We are a Catholic 501c3 created to help other 501c3’s deliver on their missions. We support the pursuit of the corporal works of mercy via financial and managerial assistance. Whether that’s diverting freshly prepared meals to soup kitchens across Chicagoland, supporting Little Portion Monastery in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, or retiring financial debt of men and women seeking the religious life — y

our charity is our charter.As St. Theresa of Avila reminds the Church, we are the hands and feet of Jesus, the directives of Project 22:9 support that call. Following the generous examples of Simon and Joseph of Arimathea, we assist thehands and feet of our Lord.And to that end, with an experience base founded in foodservice and agriculture, we rest on the wisdom of Proverbs 22:9. "The generous will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor."Visit our website at project22nine.org

Whaaaat??! Almost a million and a half meals provided to hungry people in the Chicago area?? Mic drop!! •Without the gen...
03/08/2022

Whaaaat??! Almost a million and a half meals provided to hungry people in the Chicago area?? Mic drop!!

Without the generosity of our production partners, donors, and volunteers, it would not be possible to help so many people in need! Thank you for your support!!

www.Project22Nine.org

More gourmet goodness from our amazing production partners, who generously donate these ready-made meals to food pantrie...
03/05/2022

More gourmet goodness from our amazing production partners, who generously donate these ready-made meals to food pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters all over Chicagoland!! 👏🏻👏🏻

Click the link in our bio to see how how you can help in this life-giving ministry of feeding the hungry with delicious, healthy food!! Thank you so much for your support!!😎👍🏻

Huuuuuuge thanks to all our generous production partners, volunteers, and benefactors! Without you we wouldn’t be able t...
04/22/2021

Huuuuuuge thanks to all our generous production partners, volunteers, and benefactors! Without you we wouldn’t be able to provide this much nutritious awesomeness to our brothers and sisters who are STILL experiencing food insecurity. God bless you all!

If you’d like to help us continue to provide wholesome, healthy meals to those in need, SMASH (or gently click) the link in our bio! 😎👍🏻😃

Wow. Just...wow! We are in awe of our generous donors and benefactors:•Our production partners—Chicagoland subscription ...
04/01/2021

Wow. Just...wow! We are in awe of our generous donors and benefactors:

Our production partners—Chicagoland subscription meal services that anonymously donate their daily overproduction—healthy, fresh food that would otherwise be thrown away. The term “baker’s dozen” doesn’t even come close!

Our volunteers who drive their own vehicles to the production facility, pick up the meals, and then deliver them to food pantries, soup kitchens, and missions all over the Chicago area!

Food service professionals who plate the meals beautifully so that our hungry brothers and sisters receive a gift that is presented with great care and dignity.

Our generous donors who provide the funds we need to keep this mission of mercy going—the 5-gallon food-safe containers, the gas for the vehicles, the PPE for the volunteers...We couldn’t do it without you!

Together, we are changing the world for the better! 👍🏻😎💪🏻

Project22Nine and The Southwest Collective () teamed up in a recent TV appearance on Fox New Chicago! 380,000 meals, bab...
03/20/2021

Project22Nine and The Southwest Collective () teamed up in a recent TV appearance on Fox New Chicago! 380,000 meals, baby!! And counting!!

Click the link in our bio to view the segment! See what your generosity has done for Chicagoans dealing with food insecurity, and how you’re helping put food service employees back to work!

Don’t forget to visit our website at www.Project22Nine.org

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Project22Nine and The Southwest Collective were In the news again telling our story. Great job Jaime and Len! And congra...
03/13/2021

Project22Nine and The Southwest Collective were In the news again telling our story. Great job Jaime and Len! And congrats on a successful launch of the Foods Here program.

Jaime Groth Searle and Len Buonincontro talk about their inspiration behind 'Food's Here' and the importance of giving back to the community and those less fortunate.

Honored to be part of an interview about one of our partner programs, The Southwest Collective. Beautiful piece!
03/05/2021

Honored to be part of an interview about one of our partner programs, The Southwest Collective. Beautiful piece!

Food’s Here, a program launched by a grassroots collective, uses extra meals from meal subscription services and a closed restaurant to feed people hard hit by the pandemic.

03/05/2021

Block Club Chicago published a beautiful story about us and one of our partners, The Southwest Collective! Thanks everyone!

“...for I was hungry, and you gave me food...” (Matthew 25:35)•This is what it’s all about! Project22Nine has rescued an...
03/02/2021

“...for I was hungry, and you gave me food...” (Matthew 25:35)

This is what it’s all about! Project22Nine has rescued and repurposed a LOT of the inevitable overproduction from subscription meal services that would otherwise have gone to waste. Instead of ending up in a landfill, fresh, healthy food ends up in our delivery vehicles. Next stop: food pantries, soup kitchens, and missions all over the Chicago area!

But we have a problem: warm weather. After the winter we’ve been through, how can warm weather be a problem?? •

The problem is that our delivery vehicles are not refrigerated, and this will force us to sharply reduce both the amount of food we’re able to safely transport, and the distance we’re able to travel with it.

If you can help—with a gift of any amount—we and the people we serve would be so grateful! Click the link in our bio to get started!

Thanks SOOOOO MUCH!

After the worst Polar Vortex season in years, 45 degrees Fahrenheit is a welcome change! But it’s a sign that spring is ...
02/24/2021

After the worst Polar Vortex season in years, 45 degrees Fahrenheit is a welcome change! But it’s a sign that spring is just around the corner, and along with it, WARMER weather. This is a problem when transporting several hundred pounds of fresh food to soup kitchens, food pantries, and missions all over the Chicago area. The food MUST be kept cold in order for it to be safe to eat.

Can you help us?? We need to raise enough funds to rent or purchase refrigerated delivery vehicles! Otherwise we’ll be forced to limit both the amount of food we’re able to deliver and the distance we’re able to travel.

Please, follow the link in our bio to see how you can help us continue to deliver to our brothers a and sisters in need! God bless you for your generosity!

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122 S. Grant Street
Westmont, IL
60559

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