Aurora Noon Lions Club present check to Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
Aurora Noon Lions Club presents a $250 ceremonial check to Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry Monday at Luigi’s Pizza in Aurora.
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to help military May 28
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, 1110 Jericho Road in Aurora, will hold a first drive-thru free food distribution for military personnel on Memorial Day weekend Friday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to noon. Invited are veterans, active-duty personnel and Gold Star families. Pantry volunteers will load patrons’ vehicles with bags
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association donate to Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association presents a $915 ceremonial check to Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora.
Plano High School Reaper football players help Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
Plano High School Reaper football players put food bags into vehicles Saturday, April 17, during a drive-thru giveaway at Plano High parking lot by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.
Plano football players to help at pop-up
Plano High School football players will pitch in at a drive-through, pop-up food pantry Saturday, April 17. Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will hold the mobile pantry from 10 a.m. to noon at Plano High School, 704 W. Abe Street in Plano. The public is invited. Admission is free. Identification
Montgomery pop-up food pantry rescheduled to Saturday, April 10
A pop-up food pantry by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry has been rescheduled from Saturday, April 3 to Saturday, April 10, from noon to 2 p.m. at at Austin Park, 1345 S. Broadway in Montgomery. A pantry official said the date was changed after someone at the pantry tested positive
Drive-through Easter basket giveaway at Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry
West Aurora High School senior Irene Robles portrays the Easter Bunny and presents plastic eggs during a drive-through give-away of 350 Easter baskets at the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora March 24.
Drive-thru pop-up pantry Saturday, April 3 in Montgomery
In a drive-thru pop-up pantry, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be a partner with Fox Valley Park District, Calvary Church of Naperville and Blessings in a Backpack of Chicago to provide free food bags to 200 families from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 3, at Austin Park, 1345
Volunteer groups prepare Easter baskets for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
Volunteers prepare Easter treats Monday at the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry set for distribution Wednesday this week for families at the Food Pantry.
Aurora mobile food pantry serves 120 families
Becky Dunnigan, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry community outreach and program coordinator, directs traffic at a drive-thru food distribution Saturday, Feb. 20, at Simmons Park in Aurora.
Food box deliveries by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry offers delivery of a supplemental food box to homebound clients. Volunteers will make a no-contact delivery to the client’s front door Mondays from noon to 2 p.m.. The Pantry expects to expand days and times when volunteer support permits. Learn more at www.aurorafoodpantry.com/pantrytogo. To
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry drive-thru Kids’ Pop-Up food pantry
Eddie Galvan, left, program director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, interviews with Eddie Galvan, left, program director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, receives an interview with Fox 32 News Saturday.
Souper Bowl fundraiser virtual February 4
The Greater Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be host to its first Souper Bowl fundraiser as a virtual event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. Tickets are on sale now at aurorafoodpantry.org. Attendees will be among the first to meet the new Executive Director, and can bid on live
95.9 The River broadcasts from Prisco’s Family Market in Aurora
Aurora radio station 95.9 The River broadcasts from Prisco’s Family Market in Aurora Saturday, Nov. 7, in a benefit for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry seeks director
For 39 years, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry has helped reduce food insecurity and hunger and their negative impact on the individuals who experience them and the community as a whole, by making nourishing food accessible in a humanitarian and compassionate manner to anyone in need. The Pantry seeks
Aurora drive-thru food giveaway Aug. 28
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, 1110 Jericho Road in Aurora, will hold a drive-thru food giveaway from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28. The public is invited. Food is free. Items include meat, produce, dairy, a bag of sliced bread to include French bread, rolls or buns, pasta,
Traffic to Pantry from the west
Aurora Police Department and Emergency Management Agency assist with traffic congestion on Jericho Road. Due to the COVID-19 closures, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry is serving four times the amount clients per week and is continuously providing fresh produce, meat, and dairy to more than 800 families during each
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s need triples
Each food distribution day, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry staff members of 11 wears ventilator masks and gloves and heads out to the parking lot to load groceries into cars for hungry neighbors. “We used to feed about about 290 people on distribution days,” said Aurora Food Pantry executive
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry food distribution
A collage photo of food distribution at the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry on Jericho Road, reflects the demand that COVID-19 has placed on agencies which seek to help communities.