The award-winning chefs of Water Street in downtown Naperville are back to present the fourth annual Long Table Dinner on Water Street outdoors under the stars.
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.
West Suburban Community Pantry in Woodridge and Ross Creative Works of Naperville have received a firs- place Tempo Award for the "Virtual Food Pantry Launch Campaign" by the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing.