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The staff at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry is not happy with how the back room of the nonprofit’s building on Jericho Road in Aurora looks right now.

Storage shelves once brimming with food are half empty.

And with need rising – Aurora’s largest pantry is serving 35% more people this year, including 40 new families a week – “we are receiving fewer donations,” noted spokesperson Alyssa Edwards.

Which means, she added, because “we are giving out more than we are getting in, our food is getting scarce.”

Loaves & Fishes: Think big, work together

(Naperville, IL October 11, 2022) Loaves & Fishes Community Services and Edward-Elmhurst Health are excited to announce a new partnership on a project that will increase access to healthy food and services for families who need assistance. The new Loaves & Fishes Food Distribution Hub, located in Aurora, serves as a storage, processing, and fulfillment… Read more »

Loaves & Fishes Community Services is broadening food access via local delivery of groceries 

Loaves & Fishes Community Services Partnering with DoorDash’s Project DASH to Broaden Food Access via Local Delivery of Groceries  Loaves & Fishes Community Services is excited to announce that it’s partnering with DoorDash’s Project DASH to provide families in need the option to have their groceries ordered from Loaves & Fishes delivered right to their… Read more »

THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who came out for Celebrity Bartending. Cheers to the gracious team at Bev’s and the Empire Restaurant Group for hosting and to our incredible Celebrity Bartenders. Your support makes a difference in the lives of struggling families in our community and we are so very grateful! Celebrity Bartenders included: Nicki… Read more »

  The Inequities of Inflation  

Loaves and Fishes Community Services has launched a new online grocery market for clients.

One of the state’s largest food pantries, Loaves and Fishes created the service because in-person shopping can be difficult for clients who work multiple jobs or have physical constraints. Clients can complete an order online within 10 minutes.

A new Loaves & Fishes app allows clients to place food orders electronically and select a pickup time that works with their schedule.

Known as the Loaves & Fishes Online Market, items can be preselected and the order filled for pickup at the Naperville nonprofit’s distribution center at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora.

 Loaves & Fishes Community Services is proud to offer a new way for clients to receive healthy food.  Clients can now pre-select their groceries through Loaves & Fishes’ Online Market and then simply pick up their order from Loaves & Fishes’ new Food Distribution Hub. Clients can access the Online Market through Loaves & Fishes’… Read more »