February 21, 2023
Name That Truck!
Our new, 26-foot box truck (on order for more than a year!) is due to arrive at the end of the month. What should we name it? Chow Hound? Sue’s Wheels (after our founding Executive Director, Sue Erickson). Cities are naming snowplows (Chicago’s “Mrs. O’Leary’s Plow,” Minnesota’s “Clearopatha,”) so why not us? Submit an entry […]
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February 21, 2023
Record Numbers at Food for Greater Elgin
We are seeing record numbers of people turning to Food for Greater Elgin for food. In December,we averaged 688 families a week. In January, that shot up to 861 families—a number that is holding pretty consistent through February. What’s going on? 1. The first of three impacts of changes in US government food aid (SNAP, […]
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