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Mobile food pantry coming to Hines VA’s Joliet CBOC on Tuesday

Participants will receive dry goods, meat, dairy and fresh produce

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

9959 Theresa Mussatto (behind table) and (left to right) Pat Schultz, Diane Matteson and Shelly Pfaff helped at the We Care of Grundy County’s mobile food pantry held June 8 hosted by the Early Childhood Education Center in Coal City and sponsored by Morris Hospital. On Tuesday, Hines VA’s Joliet Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) will host a mobile food pantry for low-income area residents with the Northern Illinois Food Bank. (provided photo)

Need food?

Then come out to a mobile food pantry event on Tuesday.

The event will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital’s Joliet Community Based Outpatient Clinic parking lot located at 1201 Eagle St. in Joliet.

Dry goods, meat, dairy and fresh produce will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Attendees should bring their own boxes and bags.

Past or present military service is not a requirement to attend. Any community member in need is invited.

“Nearly a quarter of all households nationwide have experienced food insecurity this past year,” Elizabeth Thrun, licensed clinical social worker for Hines VA and the event’s coordinator, said in a news release from Hines VA Hospital. “As members of the Joliet community, we want to help our neighbors in their times of need.”

The mobile food pantry is in partnership with the Northern Illinois Food Bank and is sponsored by NuMark Credit Union.

For more food resources, including dates of upcoming mobile food pantries, visit solvehungertoday.org.