Food pantries across northern Illinois anticipate an increase in demand as a result of almost $200 billion in cuts in the next 10 years to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The cuts are part of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”

The district’s association with the food pantry began several years ago with what has become an annual district-wide food drive in support of the pantry and then expanded in 2020 to include the satellite pantry.