The pantry serves about 1,200 people per week. Hundreds of vehicles line up on Tuesdays and Thursdays to pick up fresh produce, bread, meat and other staples.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan discusses operations Tuesday outside a township food pantry in Richton Park.
Corporations, small businesses, faith communities and individuals can help by donating money, Supervisor Calvin Jordan said.“Even just giving a little bit back makes a huge difference,” Jordan said. “We try to get everybody involved. If we’re going to be a strong Southland, we all have to come together and work together.”
“We also have people from other parts of the Southland,” he said. “We have an open-door policy of assisting people within the area.”have also reported increased demand since expanded SNAP benefits expired in March. Anyone who regularly shops in a grocery store knows that their dollars do not buy as much food as they once did.
Food assistance is one front in a political battle between wealthy elites and working class families. Expanding work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries wasto raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid default that could have tanked the global economy.
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