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Elburn, Aurora food pantries win big during Check-Out Challenge State Sen. Karina Villa, foreground, and state Rep. Barbara Hernandez load their carts with food during the Kane County Farm Bureau s 20th Annual Food Check-Out Challenge at the Jewel-Osco in Batavia. The food collected will be donated to the Elburn-Countryside Food Pantry and Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora. It was purchased by the Kane County Farm Bureau. Villa collected $1,294.64 worth of food, and Hernandez $1,793.50. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Media State Sen. Karina Villa grabs boxes of cereal during the Kane County Farm Bureau s 20th Annual Food Check-Out Challenge Monday morning at the Jewel-Osco in Batavia. Volunteers from Elburn and Aurora food pantries worked with the shoppers, telling them what was wanted.