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Looking for food pantries on the West Side got a little easier, thanks to an online platform that allows pantries to detail their hours of operation, types of food they provide, languages spoken and other resources they provide like immigration services in a searchable map.
New pilot program supplying millions of diapers to families in need
Millions of diapers delivered to Cook County food pantries
Greater Chicago Food Depository has partnered with Share Our Spare to offer nearly six-million diapers to those in need.
COOK COUNTY - Dozens of Cook County food pantries are getting an important delivery to help families in need.
A new pilot program will supply about six-million diapers over the next year to partners of the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
At the weekly food pantry at Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in West Humboldt Park, besides filling carts with food, families can also pick up diapers.
Sisters, volunteers see no end to need for food amid pandemic
Jackie Terrasi, left, receives a food package from Kellie Phelan, coordinator of an Hour Children food pantry, Dec. 10, 2020. The pantry, based in New York City, is a ministry headed by Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, a Sister of St. Joseph. (CNS photo/Chris Herlinger, Global Sisters Report)
By Dan Stockman, Chris Herlinger and Soli Salgado Catholic News Service • Posted December 21, 2020
In a time of uncertainty, one thing U.S. women religious and others who have been providing food during the COVID-19 pandemic know for sure is that the number of those who need food assistance has risen dramatically and continues to rise.