Food distribution

Northern Illinois Food Bank will hold "A Free PopUp Grocery Distribution" on Saturday at Joliet Junior College.

The Northern Illinois Food Bank mobile markets will be held on five days between March and July at the Will County Health Department in Joliet.

Pilot workforce development program — Skills, Empowerment and Economic Development (S.E.E.D. — looks to increase opportunities for employment.

The Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva is hosting a free grocery distribution from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, to meet a rising need for food.

Inspired by the generosity of its employees, Northwestern Medicine is donating $200,000 to area food banks.

A social worker for a veteran affairs hospital in Joliet said the mobile food pantry event is "such a need, especially nowadays with food prices so high."

100+ Women Who Care of Will County presented the first check of their 2023-2024 charitable season on Oct. 25 to Bags of Hope, an organization which fights food insecurity for school children and their families.

The River Bend Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry will hold a distribution starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3 at the Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W. Peru St. in Princeton.

Joliet's South Suburban Center of the Northern Illinois Food Bank welcomed Brian Christner, known as Blackberry Brian, on Tuesday. Cristner is hiking the American Discovery Trail to raise awareness and funs for Feeding America.

The pantry, which serves communities in DuPage and Will counties, seeks financial donations of any amount.

Northern Illinois Food Bank and its Executive Women’s Council announce A Cup of Hope afternoon tea, a fundraiser from 1:30 to 4 p.m. March 5 in Glen Ellyn. The Emmy Award-winning Judy Hsu will be master of ceremonies at the event, with magic by Scott Piner.

The Northern Illinois Food Bank, which serves 13 counties and has a distribution center in Joliet, is buying and distributing less eggs due to their high cost.

The number people served by local food pantries varies from week to week. In the past few months, that number has increased, said operators of several DeKalb area food pantries. On April 1, Barb Food Mart served a record-breaking 246 families.

DeKalb will soon have a community food hub that organizers say will bring much-needed food, health care, child care and economic resources to the Annie Glidden North neighborhood.

Ken Meter, a food system analyst and author of the book “Building Community Food Webs,” will give two talks Thursday, March 24, in DeKalb.