Local Food Assistance

Chris­tus Victor

Food Pantry: If you are in need of food, please come ​“shop.” All guests must sign in ​“shop­ping.” Peo­ple are encour­aged to come right now – they have an abun­dance of food!

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day & Hour Open: Wednes­day @ 10:00am – 2:00pm
Loca­tion: 1045 S. Arling­ton Heights Road, Elk Grove Vil­lage, IL 60007

Elk Grove Township

Client Choice Pantry: Indi­vid­u­als are allowed to choose the items they pre­fer. Vis­its are offered by appoint­ment. All Elk Grove Town­ship res­i­dents are invit­ed to use the pantry. All you need is a valid food pantry card. *Fam­i­lies of four can shop the pantry two times a month.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Elk Grove Town­ship res­i­dents with a cur­rent util­i­ty bill & pho­to ID
Day(s) & Hour Open: Tues­day @ 9:30am — 7:00pm, Weds/​Thurs/​Fri @ 9:30am — 3:30pm
Loca­tion: 600 Land­meier Road, Elk Grove Vil­lage, IL 60007

Faith Feeds

The Faith Feeds Food Pantry: If you or some­one you know needs gro­ceries, we dis­trib­ute and sup­ply emer­gency food every Thurs­day & Sat­ur­day. Clients may vis­it the pantry once a month.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day & Hour Open: Thurs­day @ 4:00pm — 6:00pm & Sat­ur­day @ 9:00am — 12:00pm
Loca­tion: Com­mu­ni­ty Resource Cen­ter – 1585 N Rand Rd, Pala­tine IL 60074

Har­vest Bible Chapel

Hope Cen­ter: We serve non­per­ish­able items, dairy, meat, and per­son­al hygiene items.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day & Hour Open: Sat­ur­day @ 9:30am — 12:30pm
Loca­tion: Rolling Mead­ows Cam­pus – 800 Rohlwing Rd, Rolling Mead­ows, IL 60008

Liv­ing Hope Church

Liv­ing Pantry: Line up the car by 11:00am in the church dri­ve­way, and they will come out and load your car up with gro­ceries! No ques­tions asked, no ID needed!

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day & Hour Open: Thurs­day @ 11:30am – 12:00pm
Loca­tion: 777 Meacham Rd. Elk Grove Vil­lage, IL 60007

Luther­an Church of the Cross

Food Pantry: New pantry clients can com­plete their sign-up for the pantry on any Tues­day and receive food the same day they sign-up. Guests can choose from pro­duce, meat, eggs, milk as well as non­per­ish­able food items.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Pala­tine Town­ship res­i­dents – To sign up, pro­vide a pho­to ID, cur­rent util­i­ty bill, birth certificates/​medical insur­ance cards for all house­hold mem­bers, com­plete & send Pro­gram Require­ment Appli­ca­tion Form to Reach@​PalatineTownship-​il.​gov
Day(s) & Hour Open: Mon­day @ 1:00pm — 6:30pm, Wednes­day @ 1:00pm — 3:30pm, Thurs­day @ 11:00am — 3:30pm, Fri­day @ 10:00am — 2:00pm
Loca­tion: 721 S Quentin Rd., Pala­tine IL 60067

Saint Gre­go­ry of Nys­sa Parish

Food Pantry: The food pantry may be used once a month by each fam­i­ly. Reg­is­tra­tion takes place in the hos­pi­tal­i­ty room of the church and food is picked up in the low­er lev­el of the Kane Center.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day & Hour Open: Thurs­day @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Loca­tion: 1451 Bode Road, Schaum­burg, IL 60194

Sal­va­tion Army Des Plaines Corps

Food Pantry: The Sal­va­tion Army Des Plaines Corps Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter hosts a food pantry. Food box­es may include shelf-sta­ble pantry items, breads, cere­als, meat and oth­er house­hold necessities.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Arling­ton Heights, Des Plaines, Elk Grove, Mount Prospect & Schaum­burg
Day & Hour Open: Thurs­day @ 9:30am – 11:30am & 1:00pm – 2:45pm
Loca­tion: 609 W. Demp­ster St., Des Plaines, IL 60016

Schaum­burg Township

Client Choice Pantry: A client-choice food pantry mod­el that allows res­i­dents to select their own food, as well as per­son­al hygiene, adult incon­ti­nence items, sham­poo, soap, tooth­paste, deodor­ant and adult briefs.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Schaum­burg Town­ship res­i­dents with a cur­rent util­i­ty bill & pho­to ID
• Con­tact – (847)285‑4503 to sched­ule appoint­ment
Day(s) & Hour Open: Mon­day & Fri­day @ 10:00am — 3:00pm, Tues­day & Wednes­day @ 9:00am ‑2:00pm, Thurs­day @ 11:00am — 5:00pm
Loca­tion: 1 Illi­nois Blvd #107, Hoff­man Estates, IL 60169

School Dis­trict 54 Food Pantries

Food Pick-Up: Fam­i­lies may place a gro­cery order online and pick it up at the pantry site once a month. Please allow 3 – 5 busi­ness days to process your order.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Any Dis­trict 54 fam­i­ly in need of assis­tance should fill out the online form for their respec­tive school.
Day & Hour: TBD By sched­ule pick up
Location(s):
• Ein­stein Food Pantry – 1100 Lau­rie Lane, Hanover Park, IL 60133
• Eisen­how­er Food Pantry – 800 W. Has­sell Road, Hoff­man Estates, IL 60169
• Keller Food Pantry – 820 Bode Road, Hoff­man Estates, IL 60169
• Steven­son Food Pantry – 1414 Arm­strong Lane, Elk Grove Vil­lage, IL 60007

St. Nicholas Epis­co­pal Church

Drop-In Food Pantry: Offers this ser­vice dur­ing the evening hours twice a month – when those who work dur­ing the day are not able to take the time to vis­it one of the oth­er area pantries.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Every­one is wel­come
Day(s) & Hour Open: 1^st & 3^rd Wednes­day of the Month @ 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Loca­tion: 1072 Ridge Ave., Elk Grove Vil­lage, IL 60007

Wheel­ing Township

Food Pantry: If you have reg­is­tered for the pantry before, call for an appoint­ment. If you are new, please call for reg­is­tra­tion instruc­tions. Res­i­dents using the Food Pantry may return every 2 weeks.

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Wheel­ing Town­ship res­i­dents con­tact (847)259‑7730 to make appoint­ment
Day(s) & Hour Open: Tues­day, Wednes­day & Thurs­day @ 9:00am – 12:00pm or 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Loca­tion: 1616 N Arling­ton Heights Rd, Arling­ton Heights, IL 60004

Emer­gency Bags of Food:

Cri­te­ria for Pro­gram: Wheel­ing Town­ship res­i­dents can drop in for a bag with ID and util­i­ty bill.
Day(s) & Hour Open: Dis­trib­uted Mon­day – Fri­day @ 9:00am – 4:30pm
Loca­tion: 1616 N Arling­ton Heights Rd, Arling­ton Heights, IL 60004

If you need help access­ing these pro­grams, call 847−524−8800.