Plant A Row for the Hungry numbers
Here's how the agencies participating locally in Plant a Row for the Hungry fared this year, and the number of pounds of produce that gardeners donated this year and in 2003.
Location 2004 2003 Loaves and Fishes ........18,347 ........13,617 Northern Illinois Food Bank ........10,394 ........7,092 Aurora Interfaith ........6,973 ........3,896 Resurrection Church ........3,264 ........2,424 Marengo Loaves and Fishes ........2,763 ........1,205 Schaumburg Township ........2,752 ........1,835 Crystal Lake Pantry ........2,491 ........2,443 CEDA Northwest ........2,366 ........1,755 FISH ........2,266 ........3,417 Wheeling Township ........1,923 ........993 Self-help Pantry ........1,327 ........1,096 Knupper Nursery ........1,321 ........1,354 York Township ........1,269 ........650 People's Resource Center ........1,175 ........854 Barrington Township ........888 ........1,139 Lake County Northern Illinois Food Bank ........834 ........21 Bloomingdale Township ........827 ........1,925 Elk Grove Township ........820 ........314 Glen Ellyn Food Pantry ........815 ........701 Libertyville Township ........672 ........333 Batavia Interfaith Pantry ........600 ........1,210 Salvation Army, Oakbrook Terrace ........531 ........364 Willow Creek ........515 ........386 Bensenville Wood Dale Pantry ........498 ........1,417 Lisle Township ........459 ........1,698 Hanover Township ........447 ........790 Palatine Township ........430 ........572 Avon Township ........381 ........570 Cuba Township ........373 ........529 Grant Township ........364 ........35 Grafton Township ........343 ........239 St. Mary of Vernon ........249 ........85 Warren Township ........227 ........623 Wayne Township ........225 ........125 COOL Pantry ........208 ........1,513 Meadows Community Services ........155 ........557 Addison Township ........58 ........111 Cary-Grove Food Bank ........44 ........164 Maine Township ........10 ........215 Vernon Township ........9 ........0 Moraine Township ........2 ........14 Chicagoland Gardening Magazine ........0 ........163
Source: Daily Herald