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Last Thursday, we: Life is good when we all pitch in together to make our community a better place. Thank you for making this possible! – Michael

Dear Friends, You know that feeling after a long, hard day, when you finally kick off your shoes and sit down at your kitchen table, happy to be home but find yourself faced with the never-ending predicament: What to do about dinner? It’s one of life’s forever problems we’re all familiar with. For most of […]

On October 16, Elgin will hold its annual CROP Hunger Walk, a two-mile hike throughdowntown Elgin that raises money for anti-poverty work in Elgin and around theworld. CROP walks is one of the original individual fundraising events, where walkersraise money by asking for the support of their family and friends and then goingon the CROP […]

Food for Greater Elgin and Well Child Center to open a joint emergency food site. At the urging of Northern Illinois Food Bank, Food for Greater Elgin will open a satellite location at the Well Child Center. This partnership will provide emergency food supplies to the low-income families that are also served by the medical, […]

Food for Greater Elgin is enormously grateful for the many businesses that support our mission of providing food security for our neighbors. While we work hard to get the funding support that we need from area businesses, we also work hard to make sure that it is a good giving experience to the companies, too!  […]

FFGE is excited to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors. Maria Borrero is a community relations specialist with the Elgin Police Department, working withseniors and the broader Hispanic community. She has previous experience as a Hispanic liaison specialist forschool district U-300. A native of Puerto Rico, she is a graduate of Elgin […]

Wednesday, September 8: There will be no car access to the driveway or existing parking lot. No parking will be allowed on Commerce Street between our parking lot and the loading dock. After shopping, guests may take their carts to the driveway to go out to the street. Thursday, September 9 to Friday, September 17: […]

Food For Greater Elgin is excited to announce the addition of two new staff members: Erik Anderson and Christina Gonzales. Erik Anderson, a 25-year professional in the nonprofit sector, will step into the role of Director of Development starting March 1, where he will focus on fundraising projects and building our organization’s resource development capacity. […]

Every year, the Coalition of Elgin Religious Leaders hosts the Elgin Community Thanksgiving Event. It’s a wonderful opportunity for people of all faiths to come together, give back, and express gratitude. This year’s event will take place virtually on November 22 from 4 to 5:15. During this year’s virtual event, the CERL will be collecting […]

Two additional members of the Board of Directors were added at the September 2020 meeting of the Board.  Joining FFGE are: Corey Dixon, currently a City Council Member for Elgin and the Senior Assistant Director of Administration for the Kane County Sheriff. In that capacity, he manages programs for current and former offenders to keep […]