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At the Greater Chicago Food Depository, we advocate for federal, state and local policies that protect our community from hunger and its root causes, like poverty and racial inequity. Raise your voice with us and help advance solutions that promote equitable food access.
Search the map using your address or zip code to find free groceries or a hot meal at a food pantry, soup kitchen, shelter or mobile distribution in Chicago and Cook County. Use the map filters to find local food pantries open today or on the day that works best for you to visit.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank, started with one purpose – to nourish our neighbors at risk of hunger. And as the needs of our neighbors have evolved, so have we. Our work against hunger has expanded to address the issues that cause food insecurity and poverty.
Learn about the history, programs and impact of the nonprofit organization that fights hunger in Cook County, Illinois. The GCFD distributes food to 700 agencies and serves over 800,000 people every year.
The Food Depository is a network of more than 800 partner organizations and programs that provide food, dignity and hope to Chicago and Cook County residents. It also addresses the root causes of hunger with job training, advocacy and other solutions.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository —providing food for those in need now and working to end the root causes of hunger in our community. #EndHungerNow 4100 W Ann Lurie Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60632
4 dni temu · The Greater Chicago Food Depository is able to make 10,000 meals a day. If demand goes up, it has the capacity to add a shift to make thousands more, Rahman said. A 2019 report estimates there could be 100,000 more low-income seniors in Cook County by 2030, as the area’s population ages. The report, which surveyed people ages 65 and up, found ...
