Causes: Emergency Assistance, Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Human Services
Mission: Providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community
Geographic areas served: Cook County
Programs:
Mission: Providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community
Geographic areas served: Cook County
Programs:
- Food bank operations to provide emergency food assistance in Cook County, Illinois through solicitation, storage and distribution of donated purchased, and government food through a network of more than 700 partner agencies including food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.
- Programs to alleviate food insecurity among priority populations including children, older adults, veterans, and unemployed/underemployed adults. Initiatives include after-school and summer meals for children, food distributions for older adults, veterans' food pantries, benefits access outreach, and workforce development.
- Mobile responses to reach underserved populations, including Producemobiles to distribute fresh fruit and vegetables in areas of unmet need, Mobile Pantry programs to provide a variety of nutritious food outside the hours of traditional food distributions, and FRESH Trucks to offer fresh produce at community health centers.
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