West Suburban Community Pantry Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Armato has announced the addition of Sarah Corbin to the leadership team as director of communications and engagement.
West Suburban Community Pantry recently began using the Instant Language Assistant by Translate Live to defeat the language barrier that was impeding the Pantry s ability to serve their increasingly diverse migrant population.
As federal COVID emergency allotments to the SNAP are cut as of March 1, some 75,000 DuPage County SNAP beneficiaries face a hit to their food budgets of a third or more.Seniors who receive the minimum benefit could see their payments fall to as little as $23 a month. And it s happening at a time when food costs across the country continue to be 10-15% higher than a year ago.
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.