Obama Legacy Initiative President, Fred Greenwood receives a $500.00 check from Home Depot’s Store Manager, Chris Oleksyn.

OLI was excited to donate multiple raised garden beds to the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, Illinois.

the BLM movement has revived much-needed conversations about the inequalities and injustices people of color face today.

OLI is hosting a virtual game night fundriaser on Friday, July 24th, from 6pm to 8pm. Play fun bingo games while supporting OLI!

One of our mural painted raised garden beds was donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank of Rockford.

Listen to great speakers as they share about raised beds, the Warren Sharpe Community Center, and more!

The Obama Legacy Initiative donated a mural-painted raised garden bed to our partner, the Warren Sharpe Community Center.

On June 25th, 2020, OLI donated a raised bed to the Empower Boone Food Pantry in Boone County, Illinois.

Marie Wilson from the Daily Herald highlights the Obama Legacy Raised Garden Bed Initiative.

Parama Ghatak, Ashrita Gottumukala, and Zack Cisco (not pictured) donated 10 pounds of food to the Warren Sharpe Community Center.

Great article from Dr. Jay Bhatt at ABC News. Many patients at high health risk of COVID-19 contagion live in "food deserts."

OLI Journalism intern Thrinav Sathya discusses food insecurity in a Letter to the Editor.

Read about how individuals can make a difference by organizing small food pantries in their neighborhoods. Story from Star Tribune. Click...

Columbia Public Schools creates a new position to bring the farm to the Schools We have been busy with planting, weeding and harvesting...

by Marie Wilson, Daily Herald The Obama Legacy Initiative found some of its volunteers in the News on Friday, May 11th. An initiative...

In Douglas County, Kansas, nearly 19,000 families are at risk for hunger…hunger in this United States of America, the land of plenty! ...

Joliet, IL- The Warren-Sharpe Community Center is an amazing place located in South Joliet, Illinois. The force behind the success of the...