Food Pantry

Facing rapidly growing demand for its services, West Suburban Community Pantry has appointed Maeven Sipes of Wheaton, formerly of the Northern Illinois Food Bank, as its new CEO.

Morris Herald-News teams up with United Way of Grundy County to make it easy to brighten the lives of children, senior citizens and neighbors this holiday season.

The need for assistance has continued to rise in Will County since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that need is highest among families working one or more jobs.

Canned food donations also being accepted

The truck will be located at Mt. Morris Church of the Brethren, 409 W. Brayton Road

Newman High School Director of Marketing Gehrig Koerner made special mention of the Rock Falls School District, which donated 35,000 items to the program.

Newman, Sterling and Rock Falls schools, businesses and individuals worked together Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, during the 23rd annual community food drive to fill local pantries with food and other essential items.

Club chose food insecurity as its focus for service.

DeKalb County Community Gardens has rebranded and will now be known as Rooted For Good, but the organization’s services will remain the same.

A concert performed by a folk singer-songwriter will support the Share Food Share Love Pantry in Brookfield

September is National Hunger Action Month and several Plainfield organizations and taxing bodies are joining together to help support local food pantries.

Students from Newman Deanery schools will collect food donations from area schools on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Donations will supply local food pantries, such as the Dixon Community Food Pantry, Sauk Valley Food Bank and others.

DeKalb County Community Gardens (DCCG) has received approximately $1.5 million in USDA grant funding, enabling the agency to expand access to healthy and sustainably grown foods and address the root causes of hunger, officials announced Monday,

Participating agendies in Will County include the St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry, 2650 Plainfield Road, Joliet; and H.E.A.L. Riverwalk Food Pantry, 350 N. Broadway Street, Joliet,.

The Will County Health Department and the Brown Chapel AME are partnering to open a new micro-pantry at the church which will open during the congregation's annual Community Day on Sunday.

The Stage Coach Players Community Outreach Program will host a toiletries and food collection to support Northern Illinois University’s Huskie Food Pantry. The collection runs Aug. 13-20.

74,501 pounds of food given away in three hours on Saturday as city of Joliet and Will County partner on event to help those impacted by tornadoes and storms.

The Batavia Woman’s Club will host a downtown shopping spree on July 27 where participants can shop, enjoy a wine tasting and win prizes, all for a good cause.

Because of the donation, from the Council of Working Women, the St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry was able to purchase healthy protein options in bulk at a reduced rate.

Free Plano food pantry will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, at 200 N. Center St.

The West Suburban Community Pantry offers a variety of social services as well as cooking and fitness classes to its clients.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood D-Naperville, toured the Kendall County Food Pantry in Yorkville on Monday, praising the work done there. “It can be very difficult for these type of organizations to get money for structural improvements,” said Underwood.

Event kicks of initiative to update Fairmont Neighborhood Plan

Northern Illinois Food Bank's Meals on the Move and Illinois’ Summer Food Service Program return to provide children with nutritious meals over summer.

As a way to keep giving back, JAX Auto & Tire is celebrating eight years of business by hosting a food drive supporting the Crystal Lake Food Pantry on June 1.

Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant's office has partnered with ShareFest to host a food giveaway for those in need on May 25.

A food drive spearheaded by the Glen Ellyn and Wheaton Rotary clubs aims to do two things. One, keep the College of DuPage food pantry shelves full. And two, bring attention to student food insecurity.

Northern Illinois Food Bank will hold "A Free PopUp Grocery Distribution" on Saturday at Joliet Junior College.

Sterling, Rock Falls letter carriers also will be collecting food for annual event, says local food drive organizer.

Nancy Vazzano of Crystal Lake

Resthave Care & Rehabilitation, Homestead of Morrison and Morrison Community Hospital joined forces with a friendly competition to gather items for the Morrison Food Pantry.

The Northern Illinois Food Bank mobile markets will be held on five days between March and July at the Will County Health Department in Joliet.

Kendall County Food Pantry will get $763,500 to rehabilitate the pantry’s facility.

Northwestern Medicine gave the Northern Illinois Food Bank a boost Saturday with a $200,000 in donations and volunteer help across four locations.

The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be setting up a pop-up food give away for families in the Crest Hill City Hall parking lot on March 2.

Dixon's County Market and its customers helped the food pantry with a sizable donation from their Hope Bag Drive.

The benefits of Grundy County micro food pantries outweigh occasional vandalism or use by people not in need of food.

Eric Fisher executive director for We Care of Grundy County, which operates a food pantry, said he used to see peaks and valleys of need. But now the need is steady, he said.

Valley View School District 365U is partnering with Northern Illinois Food Bank, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and VNA Health Care to provide the RX Mobile Pantry Program at Bolingbrook High School.

The “Pack the Paddy Wagon” food drive is in its fifth year at the Joliet Police Department which collects non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army food pantry in downtown Joliet.

Students in Hufford Jr. High's I.E. program collected food and socks for organizations around the Joliet community as part of the school's community service elective.

The Raynor Garage Doors team raised more than $2,400 and donated nearly 400 non-perishable food items to support the food pantry.

The PC Food Pantry board, volunteers and clients would like to thank the PCHS FFA students and their advisors for their recent Fall Food Drive. The group recently canvassed the county picking up donations and brought them to the food pantry for distribution.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s second annual Stuff the Squad is set for Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. It will benefit the Dixon Community Food Pantry.

A social worker for a veteran affairs hospital in Joliet said the mobile food pantry event is "such a need, especially nowadays with food prices so high."

The Pack the Racks event has been presented by Hy-Vee and Schweickert, Ganassin, Krzak and Rundio Injury Attorneys for a number of years. Over 1,000 lbs of food items were collected, with monetary donations nearing $3,000.

Food being collected includes popcorn, soup, fruit, vegetables, rice, canned fish and meat, pasta, broth, coffee, sugar, crackers, Hamburger Helper, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese and more. Sugar-free and low sodium items are also accepted.

The Princeton Rotary Club and the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce have come together to sponsor a Stock the Shelves Drive-Thru Food Drive to benefit the Bureau County Food Pantry.

The Project Success Board of Directors and the Hall Township Food Pantry has announced that its Aug. 19 distribution event at the Lakeside Shelter in DePue will now be held curbside as participants will remain in their cars and be directed where to line up.

Volunteerism has about doubled since the Northern Illinois Food Bank operation moved to a repurposed building nearly triple in size.