Jeff Eberhard (left of pantry) and assistant Eddie Ascenceo (in back) pose with Will County Health Department employees welcoming the new micro pantry.
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• Boys & Girls Club of Joliet – 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday after school, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. any weekday that school is not in session. A United Way of Will County partner agency. Serves youth ages 6 to 18. Membership fee is $30 per year and includes two healthy meals a day. For information, visit www.bgcjoliet.com or call 815-723-3434.
• Food Basket Delivery – Senior Services of Will County, in conjunction with Northern Illinois Food Bank, will start a monthly delivery of food baskets to multigenerational families in which grandchildren are being raised by grandparents. Seniors must be age 60 or older. Children must be younger than 18 unless they are disabled. Call 815-723-9713.
• Free Breakfast – All kids 18 and under, from 8:30 to 9 a.m. through June 29, R.C. Hill Elementary School, 616 Dalhart Ave., Romeoville. Due to federal regulations, no food or beverage may be taken off-site. For information and to find additional sites, call 800-359-2163, visit www.SummerMealsIllinois.org or text FoodIL to 877877.
• Free breakfast and lunch – All kids 18 and under, from a Grab & Go Cart, 8 to 8:20 a.m. through July 16. Lunch will be available 12:10 to 12:30 p.m. across from Door No. 1. Due to federal regulations, no food or beverage may be taken off-site. For information and to find additional sites, call 800-359-2163, visit www.SummerMealsIllinois.org or text FoodIL to 877877.
• Free Summer Lunch Program – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday through Aug. 17, First Presbyterian Church, 805 Western Ave., Joliet. Free boxed lunch. Also open gym at 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, movies on Tuesdays, and crafts/games on Thursdays and Fridays. For information, call 815-727-9259 or visit www.firstpresjoliet.org.
• VVSD Free Summer Meals Program – Monday through Friday through Aug. 10 (except July 4). Times and locations: 11 to 11:30 a.m., Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center, Bolingbrook and Boucher Prairie Park, Romeoville; 11:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., Annerino Center, Bolingbrook and Romeoville Recreation Center; 12:20 to 12:50 p.m., Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook; 12:20 to 1 p.m., White Oak Library, Romeoville. Due to federal regulations, no food or beverage may be taken off-site. For more information and to find additional sites, call 800-359-2163, visit www.SummerMealsIllinois.org or text FoodIL to 877877.
• Northern Illinois Food Bank Mobile Pantry – 5 to 7 p.m. June 25, Minooka Bible Church, 412 N. Wabena St., Minooka. For information about how to sponsor a mobile pantry distribution, call Lakisha Hartzog at 630-443-6910, ext. 151.
• Fellowship Bible – First and third Thursday of each month. The church serves only 50 families. Anyone else must be put on a waiting list. When a family leaves, the next family on the list will be allowed to come. For food or to volunteer, call 815-727-1530.
• Forest Park Community Center – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and every third Monday, 1017 Woodruff Road, Joliet. Call first at 815-727-7898.
• Glory Tabernacle Food Pantry – 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 459 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. Clients may visit monthly. Call first at 815-722-1350.
• Lebanon District Laymen Ministry – 9 to 11 a.m. fourth Saturday of the month. For food or to volunteer, call 815-723-9445.
• Lemont United Methodist Church Food Pantry – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. For information, call 630-257-5210.
• Life Line Food Pantry – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays. For food or to volunteer, call 815-722-2570.
• Lively Hope Church of God – 1 to 3 p.m., third Monday of the month, 308 N. Midland Ave., Joliet. Call first at 815-741-2377.
• Sacred Heart: Family Table Soup Kitchen – Noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays. Anyone can come; no ID is required. For food or to volunteer, call 815-722-0295.
• Salvation Army Joliet Food Pantry – Noon to 3 p.m. Mondays. Visitors may come only once a month. A Will County photo ID is required, as well as a piece of mail verifying the address for every family member age 18 or older. A birth certificate for children younger than 18 or medical card that shows children’s dates of birth is required for the first visit. For food or to volunteer, call 815-726-4834.
• Second Baptist Food Pantry (Blessing Table Ministry) – Noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays. For food or to volunteer, call 815-726-3731.
• Soul Food Pantry – 4:30 to 6 p.m. twice a month, normally first and third Monday. Volunteers: Come a little early to be assigned jobs. Call 815-725-6835.
• Spanish Community Center – 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays. For food or to volunteer, call 815-727-3683.
• St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry – 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays; 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. For information, call 815-439-2320 or visit stjohnfood.org.
• St. John the Baptist Food Pantry – 9 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays. Serves residents of ZIP codes 60435 and 60436. For food and to volunteer, call 815-727-4788.
• Warren-Sharpe Community Center – 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. Serves Will County residents. Visitors must bring ID or document proving their address is in Will County. People are only allowed to come to the pantry to get food once a month. For food or to volunteer, call 815-722-2727.