A number of massive donations got here into the Aurora Space Interfaith Meals Pantry this week because the Aurora Vacation Meals Drive continues.
The drive, designed to refill the cabinets of the pantry, takes place every November, beginning at the start of the month and operating by means of the day earlier than Thanksgiving, which this 12 months is Nov. 23.
A number of organizations maintain meals drives in the course of the general Vacation Meals Drive, some deliberately designed to gather for the vacation drive, and a few that occur to coincide with the vacation effort.
One of many latter is the SewaDiwali meals drive which is organized annually similtaneously the Hindu competition Diwali, or the Pageant of Lights.
The group Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, or HSS, places collectively a collective effort of greater than 50 Indian-American organizations all through the Chicago space.
The Aurora-Naperville chapter of HSS has served each cities since 2007.
This week, HSS Aurora-Naperville delivered 3,918 kilos of meals to the Aurora Space Interfaith Meals Pantry, in addition to delivering collections to the Marie Wilkinson Meals Pantry in Aurora and to Loaves and Fishes in Naperville.
One other drop off this week from the Rosary Excessive College Backyard Membership and Nationwide Honor Society introduced 3,684 kilos.
Becky Dunnigan, neighborhood impression supervisor on the pantry, referred to as the donations “superb.”
As she helped HSS officers this week load donations into greater than 10 procuring baskets, she took time to level out a number of the depleted cabinets which can be usually packed within the Aurora Space Interfaith Meals Pantry warehouse.
“It comes on the proper time,” she stated.
The pantry has documented extra households and shoppers this 12 months than ever earlier than, having served about 3.5 million kilos of meals this 12 months, or greater than 3 million meals.
The meals drive is centered round three Aurora space grocery shops: Prisco’s Household Market, 1108 Prairie St., Aurora; Cermak Recent Market, 1250 N. Lake St., Aurora; and La Chiquita, 1525 Douglas Street, Montgomery. Customers should buy packaged luggage of meals for $15 to provide to these in want for the pantry’s fifteenth Vacation Meals Drive.
As all the time, the pantry additionally accepts financial donations from the neighborhood.
In celebration of the fifteenth 12 months of the drive this 12 months, folks should buy a $15 bag of groceries on-line for donation on the pantry’s web site, www.aurorafoodpantry.org/holiday-food-drive.
And other people can all the time ship a examine to the Aurora Meals Pantry, 1110 Jericho Street, Aurora, IL 60506, placing Vacation Meals Drive on the memo line.
The meals drive all the time wants volunteers, and that may be carried out by means of the web site, too.
The fifteenth annual Vacation Meals Drive is sponsored by Dolan & Murphy Workforce of Caton Industrial; 95.9 The River; The Beacon-Information; Aurora Quick Print; Douglas Carpet One; Gerald Subaru of Naperville; AC’s Pub; and Jake’s Integrated.
The River might be broadcasting reside at Prisco’s Household Market, Cermak or La Chiquita each Friday and Saturday between now and Thanksgiving. The day earlier than Thanksgiving would be the remaining push for meals, ending the day at AC’s Pub in Aurora with a reside broadcast.
Everyone seems to be welcome to attend any of the radio remotes.
slord@tribpub.com
