Nourishing Hope
Aliya K Prescott is an accomplished professional in donor and volunteer engagement with extensive experience in nonprofit organizations. Currently serving as the Director of Donor and Volunteer Engagement at Nourishing Hope since March 2019, Aliya has previously held leadership roles at Culinary Care, National Psoriasis Foundation, PAWS Chicago, and the American Cancer Society, demonstrating a strong track record in fundraising, volunteer management, and event coordination. Aliya's achievements include raising significant funds through various events, cultivating new donor relationships, and implementing strategic marketing plans. Aliya holds a Master of Social Work degree focusing on Advocacy, Leadership, and Social Change, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Nourishing Hope
For more than 50 years, Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry) has served as an invaluable resource in Chicago, ensuring our low-income neighbors have enough to eat and have access to critical, and sometimes lifesaving, social services. Together, we have directly improved the lives of thousands of our community members. Last year, the Pantry served nearly 200,000 people throughout the city with 4 million meals. Our approach focuses on meeting the immediate hunger needs of our clients, then moving onto longer-term solutions that empower clients to become independent. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and poverty in our community by providing food to fill the basic need of hungry people; empowering our clients to gain independence through innovative social service programs; and raising awareness of hunger and poverty and working towards solutions to eliminate them. Our vision is to be a reliable and innovative hunger-relief resource in the communities we serve, and to be a model of dignified, effective, and collaborative service delivery. We will realize this vision by remaining proactive and adaptable to changing circumstances, while constantly striving to improve. Our ultimate goal is a hunger-free Chicago.