ICWEN COMMUNITY FRIDGE is being launched at the Inner City Women’s Empowerment Network, NFP and is for women and their families in the Chicago area.
This initiative will benefit the community in many ways. It will provide food for the body, energy & motivation for the mind and healing for the inner spirit. The families that use ICWEN Community Fridge will also have access to free services provided by ICWEN (training and development, program services, and support groups, etc).
One of the goals is to have conversations around food distribution events for women & their families to talk about their needs, desires and discover their purpose and passion for doing work they think is important to them and their community. ICWEN helps people to discover and develop their potential and partners with them as they begin their missions that will yield stronger support within the communities.
As we partner with the Community Joy Garden and the Neighborship Network in the community, ICWEN encourages women and their families to participate in the ICWEN vegetable beds in the garden and learn about growing their own personal vegetable and fruit beds at home.
ICWEN will offer training events on proper nutrition, how to prepare simple delicious healthy food and nutrition counseling to those that are interested.
Community Chefs will be invited to speak on cooking (personal and professional), training on licensing requirements for those that may be interested in working at restaurants and/or starting their own business. These trainings create opportunities for employment as well as volunteerism within the community.
ICWEN is developing partnerships with grocery stores and restaurants to donate unused food to the ICWEN Community Fridge. This relationship building helps in the future launching of the ICWEN Food Pantry.
Funding provided by Change X will be used for:
• The purchase of refrigerators and a freezer, ICWEN Community Fridge Sign, bags, boxes and labels for food distribution, paper & toner for flyer distribution in the community, Tee Shirts for ICWEN Community Fridge Events
• Advertisement in community newspapers
• Social media coordinator to maintain all social media for the ICWEN Community Fridge
• Producing Evaluations and Surveys that will provide pertinent information to determine the impact of this initiative to Change X

Blessings Dr Sanders. Thanks for helping the needy and not the greedy. I thank God for being able to partner with you for the benefit of the community and his kingdom.

God bless Dr. Sanders! Glad to be linked in with you! I support your vision/mission from the Father! To God be the Glory!

I believe in ICWEN because they offer a space to women that allows them to learn and develop skills that will potentially provide them with an opportunity to gain additional skills and acquire the resources that will empower them.

Many thanks and blessings to the brainchild of ICWEN, Ms. Barbara Sanders.

I absolutely love and support ICWEN and there commitment to leave a lasting impression on the community and the lives that is being touched through the different services rendered. Together we will Recover All! Thank you!

Thomas, George, Lynette, LaTonya, Michelle- thank each of you for joining ICWEN COMMUNITY FRIDGE. Have great ideas and cannot wait to share with you how it relates to you and your purposes. Need to get a photo of you together.

I support ICWEN because they provide a place for women to learn and develop skills that afford them a chance to build their legacy.
Thank you ICWEN.