The Skeleton Key Brewery team is hosting volunteer days at the West Suburban Community Pantry to help with restocking, sorting, and packing food. The brewery also is partnering with Copper Fox Farm and The GardenWorks Project to teach people how to grow healthy vegetables from heirloom seeds to help stock the Pantry through the summer months.
Jeri Smolek, special education teacher and program coordinator for the Transition 99 program, says when her students work at the West Suburban Community Pantry, they re thinking about people other than themselves while they affirm their own capabilities.
After closing to in-store shopping in January for the safety of customers, volunteers and staff, West Suburban Community Pantry s Pantry Store in Woodridge is set to reopen on Saturday, Feb. 26, for regular in-person shopping from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.