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CROP funds purchase nutritious snacks for Austin students, grades K-12, who meet weekly during the school year with a trained volunteer tutor, at Pine Avenue United Church (Austin) or First United Church (Oak Park) on Thursday. Over 60 students are currently enrolled, with a waiting list of 10-20. Most students do not eat dinner before the early-evening session. Snacks help improve their concentration, and also help them learn about healthy food choices.
Contact: Kathryn McCabe, Program Director, 5460 West Augusta,
Chicago, IL 60651. Phone: 773-378-5530.
CROP funds are used for operating funds to supply
emergency food for over 900 families per month, plus City of Chicago
Food Boxes restricted to eligible Chicago residents.
Contact: Troy
Mixon, Program Director, 5701 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60644. Phone
312-259-9527.
CROP funds help stock the pantry with food. Located in the Forest Park
Community Center, this pantry is supported 100% by free-will donations and
the CROP Walk. It supplies food monthly to low income Forest Park residents,
as well as special holiday food baskets.
Contact: Beverly Thompson, Director, 7640 W. Jackson Boulevard,
Forest Park, IL 60130. Phone: 708-771-7737.
CROP funds help stock the pantry with food the year around. Opened
in 1970 to supply emergency and temporary food for anyone in the community
who needed food, this pantry is operated under the auspices of the Community
of Congregations and housed in First United Church, 848 Lake Street. It is
open every Saturday morning, and the second and fourth Wednesday afternoon
of each month. In 2005 it served an average of 210 families (355 adults and
342 children) per month. This pantry also provides food coupons for those
enrolled in the holiday gift program administered by the Community of Congregations
for Oak Park and River Forest Townships.
Contact: Kathy Russell, OPRF Food Pantry Coordinator, P.O. Box 3365,
Oak Park, IL 60303. Phone: 708-386-1324.
CROP funds help buy food for the pantry. This pantry serves an area
in Austin where no other food pantry is available.
CROP funds help buy food for the pantry. This pantry serves an area
in Austin where no other food pantry is available. Working with an all-volunteer
staff of 10, they are open on Tuesday mornings. They supply food for 25-35
households each week, including many senior citizens dependent on social
security, for whom the rising costs of prescription drugs and utilities leave
them short on food. Financial support comes from CROP and several suburban
churches.
Contact: Mary Johnson, 1015 North Pine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651.
Phone: 773-287-4779.
CROP funds help with the purchase and pick-up of food
and other supplies. The provide food aid Saturday mornings for registered
families coming from the entire Proviso township. (Over 100 per week).
Contact:
Jean Diller, USDA Coordinator, 1112 N Ninth Avenue, Melrose Park, IL
601060. Phone 508-344-8405.
CROP funds are used for
the purchase and delivery of food and supplies for pantry operating
3 afternoons a week. In 2008 they provided food or holiday food to
over 1200 families. Currently about 200 Maywood families are registered.
Contact: Patricia Guzic, Director, 1851 S. Ninth Avenue, Maywood, IL
60153. Phone 708-343-6120 ext.30
CROP funds purchase food vouchers for families and individuals in Transitional
Housing. Since 1992, P.A.D.S. has provided homeless individuals and
families with food, overnight shelter early fall through late spring, and
year around transitional housing placement and supportive services.
Contact: Lynda Schueler, P. O. Box 797, Oak Park, IL 60303.
Phone: 708-338-1724.
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