Food Pantry

The Arrowleaf Cairo Food Pantry is located at 1401 Washington Avenue in Cairo.

On this edition of InFocus, we hear from the Directors of three southern Illinois food pantries about how the rising cost of food, and gasoline, is impacting their operations.

With inflation causing food - and many other consumer items - to be more expensive, food pantries are having a harder time keeping the shelves stocked.

Local food banks are getting help when it comes to serving families..The Poshard Foundation distributed more than 100 thousand dollars to 42 food banks in…

COVID-19 is not stopping the Boy Scouts from supporting local food pantries. Steve Buhman with Pack 47 of the Boy Scouts says, instead of collecting those…

High unemployment is driving more and more families to seek help with putting food on the table. It also means changes for agencies and organizations that…

The front yard of a house in Union County has become a street food pantry.Deidra Coleson has placed an old cabinet on the property and is filling it with…

A local food pantry is responding to the outbreak of coronavirus.Victory Dream Center in Carbondale says the Wednesday food pantry distribution will…

Ameren Illinois is helping a Williamson County organization that serves the needy.The utility donated over five thousand dollars and nearly three thousand…

The Food Pantry at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale has already served 300 students in the two months that it has been open. And, on Friday…