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Helps seniors, visually impaired individuals, individuals with disabilities and those without internet access make orders for home delivered groceries. Takes grocery orders by phone and inputs them into grocery delivery companies' websites.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
- Food Pantry - A collaborative, non-profit organization formed to address hunger in the greater Elgin community. As a client-choice food pantry, individuals can choose the food and household items they most enjoy. Guests must bring their own bags or boxes for groceries.
- Food delivery to low income seniors, low income housing projects, and people shut in due to illness or medical handicap.
Services
Food Pantries
Volunteer Opportunities
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Delivers food and other essential items to the homes of Champaign County families in need, who are unable to access such items on their own.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
- The Food for Seniors program provides groceries to income eligible seniors in Champaign and Urbana who are in need of food. Groceries are delivered by volunteers on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
- Emergency Food Fund for Seniors: Seniors determined to be in emergent need of food by caseworkers may get food to cover them until other resources are available. (For example, a senior needs food on a Friday when there are no open food pantries). Caseworker will submit a request for emergency funds to shop and deliver food to the senior to cover the weekend. Service is available in Champaign and Douglas Counties.
Empowers people to access healthy and sustainably grown foods and addresses the root causes of hunger:
- Walnut Grove Vocational Farm: Provides horticultural, agricultural and life skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. For program information visit website.
- Grow Mobile:
A mobile food program to bring food to individuals with food insecurity.
- Genoa Area Community Food Hub:
A brick-and-mortar food pantry open either on Monday mornings or Tuesday evenings once per week. Pay As You're Able meals provide hot meals to anyone who wants them every other month. Visit the Hub's Facebook page for a full calendar.
- Education:
DCCG works with the DeKalb School District 428 on food education for the students.
Services
Mobile Markets
Youth Agricultural Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Community Gardening
Prevocational Training
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Provides connection services to promote independent living for county seniors to continue to live independently in their own homes. Services are provided by volunteers and include services such as transportation, seasonal yard work, friendly visits, friendly phone calls. Food boxes are available to clients once a month- these are non-perishable, shelf-stable items. The agency can set clients up for services with a food pantry as well.
Services
Food Pantries
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Friendly Telephoning
Friendly Visiting
Helps senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include:
- Comprehensive care coordination.
- Adult day services.
- In-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene).
- Emergency home response service.
- Automated medication dispenser service.
Services
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Adult Day Programs
Homemaker Assistance
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Personal Care
Case/Care Management
Prescription Medication Monitoring Systems
Emergency Alert
Monthly food delivery to income eligible recipients. Available both as pick-up and delivery (limited number of deliveries restricted to DuPage County).
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Faith in Action (FIA) is a ministry for senior adults with the goal of assisting seniors to remain independent. Volunteers help with the following:
- Friendly calling.
- Home visits.
- Shopping/errand assistance.
- Gracery delivery and assistance ordering (requires credit card, does not accept food stamps).
- Smart Meals.
- SHIP (Senior Health Insurance Program) counseling.
- Social and educational events.
- Exercise classes for seniors.
- Ramp construction (must meet income and disability guidelines).
- Garden Share.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Friendly Telephoning
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Ramp Construction Services
Exercise Classes/Groups
Provides frozen meals, which volunteers can collect and deliver to neighbors.
Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Love INC of Vermilion County handles all needs by phone. Clients call and leave name, number, and their need on the voicemail. Calls will be returned in the order they are received. Love INC is a ministry that connects those in need with churches, agencies, and volunteers in order to meet their needs. Prayer is offered with each call.
Services
General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs
Volunteer Opportunities
Information and Referral
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Forty Acres Fresh Market is a startup grocer that specializes in selling fresh produce at an everyday low price. Founded in response to the lack of fresh food options on Chicago's West Side, it currently operates as a mobile grocery store and hosts pop-up markets in underserved communities.
Services
Fresh Food
Mobile Markets
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ assists by meeting the needs of the families in the Chicagoland communities and families in the Shield of Hope Shelter. On a regular basis, they distribute and donate hygiene products, clothing, underwear, winter wear, sheets, towels for adults and children.The GHT Pantry works to eliminate hunger and improve health and well-being through healthy foods. We supply groceries to families from all of the Chicagoland communities, seniors, and the disabled. They offer grocery delivery to seniors and the disabled.They supply mothers in need with Pampers, baby wipes, and baby formula. Adult pull-ups are also available. They also provide referral services to our clients who need additional resources and services.
Services
Formula/Baby Food
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Food Pantries
Diapers
General Clothing Provision
Personal/Grooming Supplies
LBFE provides a variety of services to individuals aged 70 and older. Services include home visitation, onsite social events and provided activities, home-delivered and onsite meals, food pantry, case management, and intergenerational programs. Services are also available in both English and Spanish.
Services
Transitional Case/Care Management
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Intergenerational Programs
Older Adult Social Clubs
Friendly Visiting
Older Adults
Provide assistance to those who need help due to a health condition, physical impairment, or are homebound for other reasons. Services include:
- Transportation to non-emergency medical appointments.
- Building wheelchair ramps, modified steps, steps and railings.
- Grocery shopping.
- Pick up a prescription.
Services
Friendly Telephoning
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Ramp Construction Services
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Friendly Visiting
Weekly food bag delivery to low-income homebound seniors.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Home delivery program in that brings food and essential supplies to individuals and families in need.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Top Box Foods offers free delivery on orders made through their market of fresh fruits and vegetables, nutritious meats and seafood, dairy, grains, meal kits, and more.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Better Sister and Brother Growth Network provides monthly food boxes to low-income families, individuals, and seniors withing the community. Food is dropped off at the front door.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Provides frozen meals, which volunteers can collect and deliver to neighbors.
Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Interfaith, volunteer-based program, provides free services including:
- Friendly calling.
- Home visits.
- Shopping/errand assistance.
- Grocery delivery and assistance ordering (requires credit card, does not accept food stamps).
- Smart Meals program.
- SHIP (Senior Health Insurance Program) counseling.
- Social and educational events.
- Excercise classes for seniors.
Services
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Exercise Classes/Groups
Friendly Telephoning
Volunteer Opportunities
Friendly Visiting