a uiuc student organization
fighting hunger since 2012.
Join us on our mission to end food insecurity.
Over 3 million meals packed
3m+ meals packaged. 29k+ volunteers engaged.
And counting…
Our Mission
We seek to address local, regional, and international hunger issues by making food packaging events more frequent, more accessible, and more effective.
Our Vision
All people should have consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life and certain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.
OUR IMPACT
29,714
volunteers engaged
51,487
service hours
3,416,251
meals packaged
266,720
lbs of white rice packaged
WE PARTNER WITH…
…AND MORE!
MEET OUR 2026 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Nora Kogan
President
Farooq Hamza
Vice President of Operations
Ethan Yoon
Vice President of Development
Rinad Binmahfoudh
Operations Manager
Tian Wu
Pantry Manager
Elise Ionin
Treasurer-Secretary
Naveen Randhawa
Outreach Manager
“Illini Fighting Hunger is a welcoming community of students who are passionate about giving back to the CU community through volunteer efforts. Since the first semester of my freshman year, IFH has provided a space for me to learn about food insecurity and countless opportunities to work towards ending it.“
-Lena Groth (Marketing and IS ’26), 2025 IFH President
Ready to join us on our mission to end food insecurity?
There are so many ways to get involved and support Illini Fighting Hunger.
