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Nearly 20,000 pounds of groceries for Glen Ellyn Food Pantry collected by Park District in 2021

Posted on: January 31, 2022

Glen Ellyn Park District collected a total of 1,776 bags, or roughly 19,536 pounds, of food and toiletry donations for Glen Ellyn Food Pantry in 2021. Items were collected over the course of 13 drives offered in partnership with Kiwanis Club of Central DuPage and State Representative Terra Costa Howard. As a result of these efforts, the Glen Ellyn Park District and its partners have been named the Pantry’s largest donors through food drives in 2021.

“This was a record year for donations, and we are so appreciative of the Park District’s efforts to host and coordinate drives, and deliver donations to the food pantry,” said Rich Wloszek, procurement manager for the food pantry. “The food and toiletries donated helped support more than 4,000 of our neighbors at risk of hunger.”

“To have donated almost 20,000 pounds shows the incredible giving spirit of the Glen Ellyn community,” said Dave Harris, executive director for the Glen Ellyn Park District. “The District would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone that took time to donate in 2021 and to our partners. We are proud to have been able to help the food pantry towards its goal to ‘make hunger history’ and support those in need in Glen Ellyn and the surrounding communities.”

The park district will continue to host monthly food drives through November 2022 at Ackerman Sports & Fitness Center, 800 St. Charles Road. The first drive of this year took place on January 23 and resulted in an additional 500 pounds of groceries for the food pantry. The next food drive is slated for Thursday, February 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry provides essential groceries and support to people at risk of hunger through a collaboration of local churches and the broader community. The Pantry is dedicated to “making hunger history” in the 12 communities it serves:  Addison, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Lisle, Lombard, Villa Park, Warrenville, West Chicago, Wheaton, and Winfield. In 2021, The Pantry served 836,000 pounds of food to more than 4,000 neighbors, 35 percent of whom were children. Currently located in space at Grace Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn, the Pantry was founded in 1979 and is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, 100 percent privately funded through grants and donations.

Click here to see upcoming food drive dates offered through the Glen Ellyn Park District. For more information on the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, visit glenellynfoodpantry.org or call (630) 469-8668.