Hi- I sing with a group on Tuesday evenings that rehearses at Trinity Lutheran Church on Golf across the street from the Presbyterian Home a few blacks East of Crawford. The high school group at the church has started a micro food pantry. This is similar to those small libraries that you see in somebody's front lawn where you can leave books you no longer need. You leave nonperishable food items you don't need, and take any that you see that you can use. They started this maybe a month ago, and so far I have seen ramen noodles, cans of healthy choice soup, apple sauce, lots of pasta and lots of cans of beans, and some other assorted things. Last night I donated one of the packages of gravy mix I got for free at Jewel, and I noticed there were already two packages of it in the pantry, and so please no more gravy mix. They are trying to help people who can't afford food, and there is a lot of traffic on Golf every day, but there is next to no pedestrian traffic, and most people do not know about it. They are also accepting donations of paper products and diapers. Here is a link for more info about the project.
http://mapping.littlefreepantry.org/pantry/267Apparently there are some other ones in the Chicago area. Has anybody seen another one? Thanks, Nancy