Marillac Food Pantry is a well established resource for our community, and an exceptionally large food pantry serving approximately 1,000 families each month. The communities we serve are in areas with insufficient access to healthy and nutritious food options, and we provide access to emergency groceries for those residing within or near our servicing zip codes. Our clients are able to choose what food items they wish to take, and can walk out with 25+ pounds of nutritious groceries once each month to help them tie loose ends. We have everything from canned goods and fresh fruit and vegetables (some from local farmers markets!), but dairy and meat products as well. Our food comes from the Greater Chicago Food Depository and their Food Rescue program, as well as private donations and USDA Food allocations. We are always looking for people to help us receive and organize food as it comes into the pantry, as well as participate in the actual distribution of food.
We are here 5 days a week, opening the doors for food distribution (M/W/F), and two days focusing on receiving food rescue and donations (T/Th).
This listing was last updated Oct 25, 2023
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