Takeout 25 NFP

We kicked 2025 off by announcing our partnership with Giving Kitchen and by establishing the Takeout 25 crisis response fund, to help local restaurant employees in crisis. Please consider contributing https://lnkd.in/gfxGHJx8 Over January we celebrated the contributions of local restaurant employees as part of our employee appreciation month. With this post we want to congratulate the nominees. Thank you to our partners and sponsors Giving Kitchen, Byline Bank, The Cadence Group and Polished Nail Salon We are also excited to announce the Takeout 25 Scholarship/Internship initiative. We discussed this at the last Takeout 25 owners meet up and over the course of this year we plan to give it shape and bring it to life. We have already secured $5000 in commitment to fund the first year thanks to The Cadence Group. Stay tuned for more exciting updates on this topic… #takeout25 #employeeappreciation #crisissupport #scholarships #givingkitchen Susie Goldschmidt Bethany Brown John Harris Rob Guenthner Madeline Khan-Roberts Sean Hennessy Ravi Parakkat Lindsey Rosenthal

Thank you to my dear friend, Ravi Parakkat, Vice President of Digital Transformation at Junior Achievement of Chicago and candidate for Oak Park Village President, for being our guest speaker this week at the Business Executives Association. Ravi shared his valuable insights on the Takeout 25 Effect and Community Mobilization, focusing on how we can empower communities. Looking forward to the continued impact he’s making! #Takeout25Effect #CommunityMobilization #JAchicago #Leadership

Happy 2025! Recently, Richard 'JR' Green a long term staff at a local restaurant was involved in a car accident, and during his hospital visit, he received an unexpected cancer diagnosis. This news coincided with reach outs from Giving Kitchen—a James Beard Award-winning nonprofit that has helped over 25,000 restaurant workers in crisis since 2013— to partner with Takeout 25 NFP as they expand into the Great Lakes region. We are excited to announce that?Takeout 25 is now partnering with Giving Kitchen to support restaurant workers in our community, and JR’s case is currently being processed for support through this collaboration. We are also setting up a dedicated?Takeout 25 Restaurant Workers’ Crisis Fund?to support and supplement the efforts of Giving Kitchen in assisting restaurant workers in our community, starting with JR. Please consider contributing to this fund and being part of this vital effort. https://lnkd.in/gfxGHJx8 January is Employee Appreciation Month At Takeout 25, we dedicate January to celebrating the hard work and contributions of our local restaurant staff. Through nominations by local restaurant owners, we highlight their hard work with posts and gifts to express our gratitude. This partnership with Giving Kitchen is a significant step forward in our vision to make our local restaurant workers, feel valued, appreciated, and secure. Thanks to Giving Kitchen for the partnership and Byline Bank?for the sponsorship of Takeout 25 Employee Appreciation Month. On behalf of the Takeout 25 team, board, and moderators, a healthy and prosperous New Year wishes! Let’s continue to make a difference together in 2025. #takeout25 #employeeappreciation #community Lindsey Rosenthal Susie Goldschmidt John Harris Rob Guenthner Sean Hennessy Madeline Khan-Roberts Christine Tully Ravi Parakkat

Thanks to the Takeout 25 NFP community for coming together to support the Oak Park Police Dept (OPPD) as we mourn the loss of their colleague, Detective Reddins, to senseless violence. Through the Takeout 25 gift card program you donated 73 $25 cards. There are 85 members in OPPD so we added 12 more cards to make sure that every member of the department had a gift as a token of appreciation for their service and sacrifice. We also supported 30+ local food businesses in the process. We handed the gift cards and the enclosed letter on our group’s behalf to the FOP treasurer Joe Nash as arranged by the Village of Oak Park. We will use the same process in the new year to share the donations collected for the Reddins family. The donation link enclosed is active till Dec 31st as previously communicated. https://lnkd.in/gT_w_3tb Thank you and happy holidays! #takeout25 #community

Takeout 25 NFP Holiday gift card bundles are back this year. Community members can buy these gift card bundles and we bundle $25 gift cards from dozens of local restaurants to meet the community's gifting and giving needs. All the proceeds from the gift card sales go to local restaurants and this year we are supporting the Oak Park Police Department and the family of Detective Allan Reddins who tragically lost his life in the line of duty last week. https://lnkd.in/g24DQ7U5 We want to make it easy for community members to support local business and causes. We appreciate our community for consistently stepping up to support what matters most locally. Thank you! We also want to thank our sponsors and partners- Byline Bank, Carnival Grocery and Ten Thousand Villages. #takeout25

We are proud to partner with WasteNot, Inc. in our shared mission to creating sustainable food systems and enabling Illinois first Green Dining Hub in our community. #takeout25 #givingtuesday

A big thank you to our community and all our partners. We appreciate you. #takeout25 #community #food

Four years ago, in the midst of the pandemic, a simple idea took root: to help our local restaurants survive. On this day, November 17th, 2020?Takeout 25?was born—a movement made real by?you. Together, we saved businesses and livelihoods, proving the power of community. Today, Takeout 25 is a not-for-profit organization with an inclusive and positive mission to promote sustainability, address food insecurity, and strengthen our local economy. Together, here’s what we’ve achieved: -?16,100 members strong?and reach over 200,000 people each month -?110+ local restaurants?in our network -?10,000+ meals provided?to those in need - Partnerships with?15+ nonprofits and community organizations - Designated as Illinois’?first Green Dining Hub - Introduced?commercial composting?to our community - Replaced 15000 plastic bottles with?Takeout 25 Boxed Water - Analyzed by?Dominican/St. Francis Universities?and?Northwestern Kellogg Business School - Featured as a?social entrepreneurship case study?by the University of Virginia - Recognized as the?Most Innovative Pandemic Startup?at the IL Governor’s Conference on Tourism - Hosted annual community events like?Taste the Town?and the?Holiday Gift Card Bundle - Published our story in a book:?"The Takeout 25 Effect" At the heart of all this is?COMMUNITY. The community's support, participation, and belief in our mission have made every milestone possible. Thank you for being the foundation of this incredible journey. Here’s to many more years of working together to uplift our community. #takeout25 On behalf of our local restaurants, the Takeout 25 board, group moderators and partners. www.takeout25.org

Thanks Chicago Food & Beverage Network and Steve Dolinsky.

This week was the 6th bi-annual Takeout 25 restaurant owners/managers meet up at Rhythm and Blues Cafe. It was our biggest one yet. We discussed how to innovate, create people centered solutions and a shared sustainable future with food at its core. We brainstormed and prioritized ideas that we’ll execute collectively over the next 6 months. Thanks to everyone who came out to participate and make our conversations rich and meaningful. You feed our community and make it exciting, fun and livable. #takeout25 #food #sustainability #community Eric Roy John Harris Sean Hennessy Rob Guenthner Madeline Khan-Roberts Ravi Parakkat Bethany Brown Judith Alexander Annie Coakley Cassie Carroll