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The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) is a nonprofit organization that fights hunger throughout Cook County, Illinois.The GCFD distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 700 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and community programs, serving more than 800,000 adults and children every year.
Northern Illinois Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a member of Feeding America.Its network of more than 900 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and feeding programs provide nutritious food and resources to more than 570,000 neighbors a month throughout 13 counties in suburban and rural Northern Illinois. [1]
This is a list of notable food banks. A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger , usually through intermediaries like food pantries and soup kitchens .
Rick Owen works with a group of fellow volunteers to distribute food at the Durham Community Food Pantry, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Durham, N.C.
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community area is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks.
Sep. 15—GOSHEN — Food pantries across Elkhart County are seeing an uptick in attendance. Friday was Hunger Action Day, an annual nationwide campaign to raise awareness about hunger in America ...
The warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank. With thousands of food banks operating around the world, there are many different models. [6]A major distinction between food banks is whether or not they operate on the "front line" model, giving out food directly to the hungry, or whether they operate with the "warehouse" model, supplying food to intermediaries like food pantries, soup kitchens ...
Hunger Task Force works with food pantries like the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center's, as well as low-income senior centers, homeless shelters and meal sites within its service area in southeast ...