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
Donate | Volunteer

People’s Resource Center
Donate | Volunteer

Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry & Clothes Closet
Donate | Volunteer

Wayne Township Food Pantry
Donate | Volunteer

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.

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State Representative Maura Hirschauer
State Representative Maura Hirschauer1 day ago
As a state policy maker, a mother, and a former early childhood educator I understand the importance of well funded early childhood education. I am horrified by the administration’s freezing of child care, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) funds here in Illinois and in four other states.

By pushing wild conspiracies about fraud, the federal government is putting children’s safety at risk. I’m proud to join over 240 state legislators across the country in calling for an end to Trump’s attacks on child care. #FundChildCare tinyurl.com/StateLegislatorsLetter