Elijah's Pantry & Greater Chicago Food Depository

The first Sunday of every month at Trinity is anti-hunger Sunday, a good day to bring non-perishable food and household items for Elijah's Pantry at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Logan Square. Offerings for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal are also collected. Anti-hunger offerings are welcome anytime, but they are emphasized on the first Sunday of each month.

Groceries go into the blue barrel located in the narthex. Cash donations placed in a marked envelope and checks to "ELCA World Hunger Appeal" can be put into the offering plate.

LIST OF NEEDED ITEMS

  • Canned fruits & vegetables
  • Canned meats
  • Boxed products like macaroni & cheese
  • Pasta, any kind & shape
  • Cookies and crackers
  • Instant breakfast
  • Toilet paper
  • Baby food
  • Personal hygiene products for men, women, kids
  • Canned or dry milk
  • Tuna
  • Cake mixes
  • Rice
  • Cereals, hot & cold
  • Peanut butter
  • Paper products

The collected groceries are delivered once each month. Trinity members alternate with drivers from St. Philip's in Glenview in driving a van filled with food donations from Trinity and from St. Philip's. They also make deliveries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation.

Once delivered to Elijah's Pantry, the groceries are selected and distributed to about 150 low-income families who live in the Logan Square area of Chicago.