NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS | Irving Park Community Food Pantry
Easter Basket Program Underway The Pantry collects donations for its annual Easter basket program for clients’ children up to eight years old. Items and assembled baskets are welcome.
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he Pantry will give out Easter baskets to clients’ children up to eight years old from March 3 to 31 (before Easter on April 4). We are looking for donations of filled plastic eggs, small games and puzzles, plush animals, party-favor-sized toys, and small wrapped candies. Please do not donate Easter baskets except the bucket-type at dollar stores. Donations can be brought to the Pantry on Mondays or Tuesdays (10 to noon), to Big Helpers (4184 N. Elston Ave.) on Monday through Friday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or the dropbox on the enclosed front porch at 3833 N. Tripp Ave. (any time). Contact-free registries are available at Amazon, Dollar Tree, and Target. Please see our Facebook page for links. Items can be purchased from those, or they can be used as ideas for in-store purchases. Photo by Craig Shutt
We also encourage organizations to do their own collections or assemble baskets. Contact Special Events Coordinator Craig Shutt at craigshutt@gmail. com for details or arrange a special delivery. Article submitted by Craig Shutt (773-282-3627; craigshutt@ameritech.net). John Psiharis, Executive Director, Irving Park Community Food Pantry e-mail: info@irvingparkfoodpantry.org, | www.irvingparkfoodpantry.org. 28 | March 2021
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