Cuts in the Nation’s Food Stamp Program Will Affect Cook County Residents
Michelle Allen isn’t sure how she’s going to feed her children next month when cuts to the nation’s food stamp program go into effect. Allen lives on the South Side of Chicago and has received benefits for nine years. She has become more dependent on the benefits after recently being laid off of her job […]
Free Soup, Bread and Hospitality
A small catastrophe arose in the Hideout on April 13. As a few people dropped their donations into the almost full crockpot of cash, they turned to pick up their prize: a bowl, a spoon and just past five vats of soup. But no spoon was in sight. After a few moments of bemused looks […]
Holly Jolly Trolley Benefit Coming Up
Radio station WCRX will bring the 8th Annual “Holly Jolly Trolley” Food Drive to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository to town on Thursday, December 9th from 8:00am until 5:00pm. The annual broadcast of the WCRX “Holly Jolly Trolley” Food Drive aims to increase awareness of the hunger problem in the community and raise money […]
Neighborhood Groups Rally for Seniors and Food Bank in Edgewater
On one recent cold morning in Edgewater, seniors lined up outside of the neighborhood’s only food bank, two hours before it was to open. “This morning there were 37 people in line,” said Tom Robb, director of Care For Real, an Edgewater food pantry open four days a week that has served the neighborhood for almost […]