Press Archive

  • WBEZ Chicago

    2.25.23

    Chicago groups scramble to find housing for newly arrived immigrants 5 months after busing began

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  • WBBM Newsradio

    1.10.23

    Pilsen Food Pantry raising money for volunteer's funeral after sudden death

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  • Chicago Suntimes

    1.10.23

    Pilsen Food Pantry reeling from death of stalwart worker: ‘He was an angel’

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  • CBS Chicago

    11.23.22

    Whether people are enjoying festivities, shopping, or giving back, Thanksgiving is already in full swing

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  • CBS Chicago

    11.21.22

    Pilsen Food Pantry at odds with Chicago Archdiocese over future of building

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  • WBBM Newsradio

    11.18.22

    Pilsen Food Pantry petitioning archdiocese to purchase building, ensuring it stays open

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  • WGN

    11.17.22

    East Pilsen food pantry wants archdiocese to consider its offer to buy old church

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  • WTTW

    8.27.22

    Pilsen Food Pantry in Former Church Faces Challenges

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  • Block Club Chicago

    8.4.22

    Pilsen Food Pantry Struggles To Find Permanent Home After Archdiocese Meets Its Offer With ‘Radio Silence,’ Leader Says

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  • Chicago Sun Times

    7.27.22

    Chicago food pantries are serving more people but seeing fewer volunteers

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  • WTTW

    7.9.22

    Battling Food Insecurity in Chicago’s Latino Communities

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  • WBBM Newsradio

    9.21.21

    Pilsen food pantry that feeds 1,400 each month launches GoFundMe to help raise money for new location

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  • Block Club Chicago

    9/20/21

    Pilsen Food Pantry Launches Fundraiser To FInd A New Home, Expand Services: ‘Every Dollar Counts’

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  • CBS

    9.3.21

    Future Doctor Teaches Free Healthy Cooking Classes Using Ingredients From Pilsen Food Pantry

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  • The Oakton Occurance

    4.19.21

    Physical therapy assistants encourage others to volunteer

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  • Chicago Tribune

    3.4.21

    As COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Chicago’s hard-hit Latino communities, hope is revived but outreach to Spanish-speakers and skeptics still needed

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  • WTTW

    3.20.21

    Latino Voices: One Year of COVID-19

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  • WBBM

    2.16.21

    Diference Maker: Pilsen Food Pantry

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  • Chicago Tribune

    2.8.21

    Four new pantries for Chicago’s South and West sides: ‘It is about the power of food to transform a community’

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  • ABC 7

    2.13.21

    Warming centers open in Pilsen as need for shelter grows during cold weather.

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  • Block Club Chicago

    1.28.21

    Pilsen Food Pantry Adds Free Shuttle Service To Reach Isolated Families on Near West Side

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  • Chicago Tribune

    1.15.21

    Immigrant homeless in Chicago denied government help depend on community efforts to survive: ‘I’m still faithful’

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  • ABC 7

    1.6.21

    Los Reyes Magos, ‘Three Wise Men,’ celebrated at Pilsen Food Pantry

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  • WTTW

    12.10.20

    Food Pantry Sees More First-Time Clients As Need Rises

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  • ABC 7

    12.24.20

    ABC 7 viewers donate hundreds of toys to needy children

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  • ABC 7

    12.19.20

    Help fulfill children’s Christmas gift wish lists this holiday season

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  • WTTW

    11.7.20

    La Ultima Palabra: Dr. Evelyn Figueroa

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  • Block Club Chicago

    11.25.20

    Give Local 2020: Here Are Mutual Aid Groups And Nonprofits Where You Can Give - Or Receive - Help Over The Holidays

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  • WBEZ Chicago

    11.25.20

    Chicago Food Pantries Rally To Meet The Increased Need For A Thanksgiving Meal

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  • Illinois Public Media

    11.19.20

    Episode 5: COVID Trickle-Down Effects: The Good, The Bad, And The Ponies

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  • Block Club Chicago

    9.22.20

    How A Pilsen Food Pantry Grew To Help Neighbors In Crisis: ‘The Community Has Come Together To Make This Happen’

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  • ABC 7

    10.14.20

    ABC 7 Chicago celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with ‘Ñ Beat’ special

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  • Chicago Health

    9.9.20

    Mask Hero: Evelyn Figueroa, MD

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  • ABC 7

    9.23.20

    Pilsen Food Pantry expands mission during COVID-19 crisis to meet Latino Community needs

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  • South Side Weekly

    4.14.20

    How and When to Use Masks During a Pandemic

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  • CBS

    6.8.20

    Pilsen Food Pantry Gets Big Response After Launching Auburn Gresham Drive

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  • South Side Weekly

    5.27.20

    Why are Latinx neighborhoods in the Southwest Side feeling the brunt of COVID-19 diagnoses in Chicago?

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  • CBS NEWS

    4.23.20

    Latino communities struggle amid coronavirus outbreak: “They’re crying. They’re desperate.”

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  • WTTW

    8.28.19

    A Pantry in a Pilsen Health Center Takes Aim at Food Insecurity

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  • WTTW

    3.17.20

    Empty Fridge, Full House: Managing Anxieties in the Age of COVID-19

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  • Telemundo Chicago

    2.25.20

    Illinois se opone a corte de fondos para cupones de alimentos SNAP

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  • CBS News Chicago

    1.12.23

    Pilsen Food Pantry Staff raises money to pay for beloved co-worker's funeral

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