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Use the Find Food Map to find places in your community offering free food or meals. You can also find stores and markets that accept SNAP/LINK or WIC. Plus, see the DHS or WIC offices and meal programs for children and older adults nearest to you by searching your zip code or city. Click on the graphic or go to FindFoodIL.org to access the map from University of Illinois Extension.
Looking for opportunities to help your neighbors? Pantries in our area can use donated funds to purchase food at steep discounts compared to your purchases at the market. If it is time you have to offer, they need more volunteers! Use the map at left to find a pantry near you to help, or assist with these local organizations serving the 49th:
Neighborhood Food Pantries
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People’s Resource Center
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Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry & Clothes Closet
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Maura’s constituents have the opportunity to learn first-hand why Chicago’s museums, zoos, gardens, and aquarium attract millions of visitors from across the world. These remarkable institutions offer visitors priceless opportunities to explore and enjoy the arts, sciences, nature, and culture. Plan your museum day HERE.
Upcoming Events
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Need to update your driver license or license plate sticker? Illinois Secretary of State Driver Services Mobile Facility will be at Hanover Township Senior Center on October 26th from 10am-2pm, appointments required. DMV services available include: Important Notes: REAL IDs Secretary of State Mobile DMVs offer customers the option of receiving a “REAL” driver’s license/ID…
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Rep Hirschauer’s office is excited to participate once again in the DuPage Legislators’ Love Purse Drive, organized by Senator Suzy Glowiak Hilton. (from the Love Purse site) “It’s not just a purse”. It’s more than that. It can sometimes hold our most precious items. Photos, makeup, nail file, ID’s, cash, pain relievers, keys, rosary, etc.…
News
- Hirschauer Bill Strengthening Orders of Protections Now Law
- Hirschauer Signs Nationwide Comments Opposing the Office of Management and Budget’s Proposed Rule to Change Federal Grant Process
- Hirschauer to Host Free Community Shredding Event
- Highlighting Resources Pages
- Back-to-School State Tax Holiday Aug 7-16
Creative Accelerator Fund (CAF)! Individual artists can apply for a $10,000 award to boost their practice and professional growth. Artists must be 21+, have an active and sustained practice, be an Illinois resident, and not be enrolled full-time in any academic program. Applications are now
available through the IAC Salesforce grant portal. Visit IAC’s website for details and join their September 11 “Drop-In” session for assistance. The application deadline is Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
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https://arts.illinois.gov/granting-opportunities/grants-programs/creativeaccelerator-fund.html
