Downers Grove Area FISH, Inc

🚛🚙🛻Keeping us safe on the road AND supporting our neighbors in need!

A special shoutout to Illinois Tollway for their first-ever food drive for DG FISH Food Pantry.

The Tollway staff did an excellent job, collecting and delivering 2,497 pounds of food. That's the weight of a small car cruising down 355!

Thank you to Emma Donovan and her team for this wonderful donation.

Local businesses 🤝 Local nonprofits - we love to see it!

Salco Products Inc., a railroad equipment supplier in Lemont, donated 754 pounds of food!

Thank you to Deanna Herlihy and her team for collecting and delivering it all.

Donations are helping our all-volunteer team meet the ever-growing needs in our community. Help Food Insecurity Stop Here (FISH): https://www.downersgrovefish.org/donate-links

🎶On the morning of Giving Tuesday, our community gave to FISH...100 pounds of food!

Thank you to Kathy Raker from Zonta International for stopping by and for this wonderful donation.

You can chip in and support our all-volunteer, CHOICE pantry today, too:

💚 Shop our Amazon Wish List. We're especially in need of feminine hygiene products and easy-to-cook meals like chili and beef stew: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/BAKYEDCBJVJK?ref_=wl_share

💚 Make a monetary donation to fund weekly purchases of fresh produce, eggs, and milk: https://www.downersgrovefish.org/donate-links

Thank you, RJN Group, Inc.! The Downers Grove-based engineering and field data collection firm donated some pantry essentials, including canned fruit and soup!

Looking to power DG FISH's all-volunteer, CHOICE food pantry? Consider collecting food in your workplace or community — or making a monetary donation! https://www.downersgrovefish.org/donate

Our Downers Grove office delivered their donations to Downers Grove Area FISH, Inc's food pantry! Every day, and especially around the holidays, we strive to make an impact and give back to our local communities.

Looking for a Thanksgiving dinner this dinner? Or a way to give back?

Join our amazing community partner Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church of Downers Grove! Dine-in and carryout options are available.

To reserve a spot, call 630-400-9354 or email [email protected].

Looking for a way to give back this year? Consider donating food, supplies, or your time to this year's free community Thanksgiving dinner!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AA9A823ABFFC16-45127151-2023

Remember, there are so many ways you can help:

- Sign up to donate food
- Sign up to volunteer on Thanksgiving Day
- Sign up to deliver meals to home-bound guests
- Spread the word! (Share our flier with a community organization; share this post; tell anyone who might be interested in joining us)

Thank you!

🛒Local scouts are coming in full force for DG FISH.

Boy Scouts Troop #80 collected 1,516 pounds of food for the pantry, besting last year's total!

The group also helped pantry volunteers weigh and store the donations, which is always wonderful.

Who thinks they've earned FISH badges?😎

🦃📣We recognize that many local food pantries are closed this week.

So if you or someone you know needs food, stop by DG FISH's food distribution today, Tuesday, November 21 from 4-6 PM. We will not be open this Friday.

All are welcome. No residency requirement and no ID required. The pantry is at 4341 Prince Street off Ogden Avenue.

DG FISH Food Pantry operates a CHOICE pantry, meaning clients can choose what they would like. Today's list includes turkeys and Thanksgiving sides, along with a variety of fresh and nonperishable items.

💙Many thanks to the DuPage County Sheriff's Office for donating 50 turkeys! And thank you to Diana Walker Smith and her team at Jewel-Osco for donating 85 turkeys and frozen sides! Your generosity makes this all possible.

💪Building strong communities in more ways than one!

Sarah Fischer-Reynolds and her team at Functional Effect Fitness and Rehabilitation heard about DG FISH’s mission and wanted to take action! Clients and staff came together to organize their first food drive for the pantry.

The team also donated a $500 check — which will help fund our weekly produce, eggs, and milk purchases!

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for all the new partnerships we’ve made this year.

We 💚Flavorchem!

This year, the Downers Grove-based manufacturer delivered 956 pounds of pantry essentials as part of their annual food drive. A giant thank you to Dan Olson for making it all happen and being a wonderful community partner!

As your business thinks about giving back, go local. Support DG FISH Food Pantry's all-volunteer efforts through a monetary donation, Amazon wish list purchase, or your own drive in the coming weeks and months: https://www.downersgrovefish.org/

Giving starts young!

A heartfelt thank you to Cub Scouts Pack 227 for collecting and donating 2,700 pounds of food. Thanks to their hard work and all the amazing neighbors who participated, they surpassed least year's total by over 1,000 pounds! 👀

Donations power our work and ensure we can continue to offer lots of options for clients to select from weekly.

Learn how you can support DG FISH: https://www.downersgrovefish.org/donate

No vampires here! The only scary thing this Halloween was our amazing volunteers helping take a bite out of hunger!

If you missed us Tuesday evening and need food, stop by from 8:30-11:30 AM this Friday. Neighbors may visit DG FISH once per week.

A BIG THANK YOU to The Farm for donating extra fresh produce this season and to the team at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church of Downers Grove for delivering it — every single week!

Harvest Time is over and and we are grateful to THE FARM and FISH and Diana and Bob for EVERYTHING! Bless them and all that they do to help those in need!

FREE wood for the taking.

Pieces measure 3.5 feet by 4 feet.

Take all or one! Comment if interested.

🚨🚐The DG FISH van is now rolling in style! Now, help us name it!

Thanks to government funding and Board President John Aguzino’s connection with 3M partner ER2 Image Group, DG FISH has a brand-new, sharp-looking van! The ER-2 team generously provided the design, materials, and labor for the film wrap at no cost.

Our van plays a crucial, visible role in our community. Our volunteers use it for twice-weekly food rescues from Jewel-Osco and to transport donations from drives and events. We're grateful now that this once-white van vibrantly communicates our mission.

📣Now we're turning to YOU, our community, to help name our van!

Send us your most creative, unique, witty, or food-themed name ideas. Comment below or send us a DM.

Once we have your suggestions, our team will review and select some of the best options for a community vote in November.

Please only one name idea per person, and keep things fun and appropriate. Together, Food Insecurity Stops Here!

❤️We are so grateful for our friends at Pagels Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago! They're organizing a food drive in memory of Linda Kunze, a quiet yet mighty pillar of our community

Our shelves are running low so this drive comes at a FANTASTIC time.

Support the drive this week by dropping off donations at BHHS Chicago - Downers Grove or Rocco and Rocco!

We're at the final week of our 6th Annual Pagels Group Food Drive, so check your pantry shelves, pick up a few extra items at the grocery store....and bring your items in soon! Saturday, October 21st is our last drop-off day from 10am-noon with free pumpkins and fall treats...hope to see you there! Our food drive supports the Downers Grove FISH Pantry in honor of our friend and Downtown Downers Grove advocate, Linda Kunze. Linda spent two decades serving as executive director of the Downtown Downers Grove Management Corporation and helped make our downtown area the vibrant destination it is today. Drop-off dates and locations are below.

🦆What's quackin', Downers Grove?

You're always welcome to drop off extra produce from your harvest!

Stop by Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-10:30 AM or message us for a drop-off time.

🚨We are in URGENT need of bags for this morning's food distribution. Paper, plastic, reusable, whatever you got!

Donate off bags NOW at 4341 Saratoga Avenue in DG on the north side of the building or any time. Thank you!

🌽🫑🥒Our fresh produce partner The Farm has been incredibly generous this season. Thank you for donating hundreds of pounds of corn, peppers, and other delicious eats to DG FISH every week!

And many thanks to Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church of Downers Grove members Diana and Bob for picking up and dropping off deliveries.

If you or someone you know needs food, stop by on Tuesday 4-6 PM or Friday 8:30-11:30 AM. Families are welcome to visit once per week. For more information, visit https://www.downersgrovefish.org

🧡ORANGE you glad DG FISH has amazing volunteers?

Our food distribution team rocked orange for Hunger Action Day!

We're now serving over 200 families weekly. Help us celebrate by making a donation to power our efforts: https://www.downersgrovefish.org/donate-links

🧽🧹✨You've heard of spring cleaning...DG FISH clients, get ready for a squeaky clean fall!

Thank you to the parishioners at St. Joan of Arc Parish for organizing an incredible cleaning supplies and paper products drive. Dish soap, sponges, wipes, cleaners, laundry detergent, paper towels, you name it — 612 POUNDS in all.