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IV Food Pantry observes milestone with Oct. 1 open house · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Ivy Food Pantry observes milestone with October 1st open house Written by
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  Tom Collins. This article is being read by an automated voice, brought
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  to you by Everlit. The Illinois Valley Food Pantry is inviting the
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  public to our its new home at 4133 Progress Boulevard in Peru
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  at an open house 4-7 p.m. Thursday, October 1. We've been here
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  a year and we want our donors and supporters to drop by
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  for a visit to see our new building. We want to thank
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  everyone who's contributed to our FunDrive, because without them we wouldn't be
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  here, said Mary Joe Credit, Executive Director. Visitors to the 10,000 square
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  foot warehouse style structure that now houses the area's largest food pantry
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  will see the new walk-in freezer and cooler the pantry has been
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  able to acquire, as well meet Credit and her staff. The pantry
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  is more than halfway toward meeting the 750,000 goal it set when
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  it launched its Feeding the Future fund drive a year ago to
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  finance the purchase of its new building. We now have a mortgage
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  and we need to pay it off, said Credit. We deeply appreciate
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  everyone who has contributed so far and we invite potential new donors
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  to come to our open house and learn about the work we
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  are doing to meet the news of local people who are dealing
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  with food insecurity. Additional support is needed because the food pantry recently
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  closed its fiscal year and reported a 22 percent increase in new
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  clients. Credit said most of the Ivy Food Pantry's clients are either
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  people who have low wage jobs supporting families who have fallen upon
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  hard times, or poor and disabled older adults who are trying to
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  get by on limited incomes. Donations can be made at wwwfoodpantry.com. For
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  more information, call 815-224-3658.