Providing Healthy Food, Kinship & Support
WGN9 / by Sarah Jindra, Ji Suk Yi / January 27, 2025 One in five Chicago households experience food insecurity. That’s why Common Pantry is encouraging you to get involved and help connect families with healthy food, kinship and support. Margaret O’Conor joins us with more. View More Here.
North Center’s Common Pantry Provides Free Nutritional Education Amid Increased Demand
Block Club Chicago / by Alex V. Hernandez / September 6, 2024 NORTH CENTER — Common Pantry’s recently expanded nutrition program is helping people learn more about healthy eating while providing hot meals ready to go. The nonprofit food pantry has offered assistance to North Siders experiencing hunger and food insecurity since 1967. In 2021, it bought a commercial building at 3900-10 N. Lincoln Ave. for $1.5 million with the help of state grants to expand its work. The facility opened last year, allowing
