Rockford-area food pantries ready for holiday rush. Here's where to give, find help
The holidays are a wonderful time of year, but not for all.
As many as 44,800 people, accounting for 15.7% of Winnebago County's population, are experiencing food insecurity, according to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
The food bank serves 13 northern Illinois counties by providing 250,000 meals per day. This is done through its four distribution centers in Geneva, Joliet, Lake Forest and Rockford and its partnership with more than 900 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and youth and senior feeding programs in northern Illinois communities.
The following is a list of area food pantries working with the food bank in the Rockford region:
Boone County
Belvidere
Open: 2 - 4 p.m. Thursdays
Address: 1105 Seventh Ave.
Phone: 815-544-3906
Open: 9 - 11:30 a.m. first Wednesday of each month; and Monday through Friday in emergency situations
Address: 422 S. Main St.
Phone: 815-544-3892
Capron
Open: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Address: 230 Fifth St.
Phone: 815-569-1571
Stephenson County
Davis
Open: 5 - 7 p.m. third Thursday of every month; and 9 - 11 a.m. third Saturday of every month
Address: 212 W. McKimmy St.
Phone: 815-865-5638
Freeport
Amity Society of Freeport Food Pantry
Open: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. first, third and fourth Wednesday
Address: 511 S. Liberty Ave.
Phone: No number listed
Open: 9 - 11 a.m. Saturday
Address: 211 W. Spring St.
Phone: 815-232-6752
Open: 10 a.m. to noon every first, second and third Thursday and 10 a.m. to noon on the fourth Saturday of each month
Address: 420 Challenge St.
Phone: 815-232-4021
Open: 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays
Address: 406 S. Adams Ave.
Phone: 815-616-8040
New Jerusalem Church Food Pantry
Open: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first, third and fourth Wednesday
Address: 4 E. Iroquois St.
Phone: 815-235-8034
Salvation Army Freeport Food Pantry
Open: 8:30 to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday
Address: 106 W Exchange St
Phone: 815-235-7639
German Valley
Open: 9 -10:30 a.m. Wednesday
Address: 65 State St.
Phone: 815-238-8058
Lena
Open: 8:30 -11:30 a.m. Saturday
Address: 411 Oak St.
Phone: 815-369-4625
Winnebago County
Durand
Open: Fourth Saturday of each month. Call for times.
Address: 408 Center St.
Phone: 815-985-1805
Loves Park
Open: 4 - 6 p.m. every first and third Wednesday of the month.
Address: 600 Clifford Ave.
Phone: 815-877-1664
Machesney Park
Firstborn Ministries Food Pantry
Open: 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday
Address: 8213 N. Alpine Road
Phone: 815-633-0030
Open: 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, 10 to noon Saturday
Address: 7620 Elm Ave.
Phone: 815-633-1504
Pecatonica
Pecatonica Community Food Pantry
Open: 10 to 11:30 a.m. fourth Tuesday of each month; 3 - 4:30 p.m. third Wednesday of each month; and 10 to 11:30 am. second Saturday of each month
Address: 527 Main St.
Phone: 815-335-7143
Rockford
Open: 9 a.m. to noon Monday; 10 a.m. to noon Thursday
Address: 1705 Kilburn Ave.
Phone: 815-963-3808
Open: 9 - 11 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, and third Saturday of each month
Address: 402 Market St.
Phone: 815-962-1380
Open: 9:30 -11:30 a.m. every Friday (except holidays)
Address: 920 Third Ave.
Phone: 815-963-4815
Open: Noon to 2 p.m. every third Saturday
Address: 1250 S. Perryville Road
Phone: 815-580-8184
Open: 9 - 11 a.m. Thursday
Address: 4312 20th St.
Phone: 815-623-7625
Open: 1 - 4 Monday through Friday
Address: 421 S. Rockton Ave.
Phone: 815-965-2466
Rock River Valley Food Pantry - Broadway
Open: 10 - noon Monday - Friday
Address: 1100 Broadway
Phone: 815-965-2466
Salvation Army Pantry Rockford
Open: 9 a.m. - 3p.m. Monday - Friday
Address: 500 S. Rockford Ave.
Phone: 815-226-4400
Open: 5:30 - 7 p.m. First and third Monday of each month; and noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month
Address: 2802 11th St.
Phone: 815-229-1922
Open: 1 - 2:30 pm. Monday - Thursday; and 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Friday
Address: 1505 S. Main St.
Phone: 815-965-6993
Unity in the Community (Living World Ministries)
Open: Noon - 2 p.m. every third Thursday
Address: 4426 Virginia Ave.
Phone: 815-243-7492
Open: 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
Address: 3112 N Rockton Ave.
Phone: 779-200-2795
Winnebago County Market - Northern Illinois Food Bank
Open: 1 -7 p.m. Thursday; 1 - 4 p.m. and 5 - 7 p.m. Friday; and 9 - 11:30 a.m. Saturday for drive up only
Address: 765 Research Parkway
Phone: 815-639-1257 ext. 555
Roscoe
Open: 9 - 11 a.m. Tuesday
Address: 5910 Elevator Road
Phone: 815-623-7625
Open: 4 - 6 p.m. Wednesday
Address: 5400 Reimer Dr.
Phone: 815-623-5387
South Beloit
Open: Noon - 4 p.m. Thursday
Address: 620 Blackhawk Blvd.
Phone: 815-525-3400
Editor's Note: This story has been updated with the correct information for the Durand Area Food Pantry and St. Bridget Church food pantry.
Chris Green: 815-987-1241; cgreen@rrstar.com; @chrisfgreen
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