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Our Supporters Local
churches, community organizations and hundreds of individuals
generously donate food, money and volunteer time to keep the
Food Pantry running successfully throughout the year. |
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Beginnings The Crystal Lake Food Pantry was founded in the spring of 1982 by the Church Women United. Caryl Thomas, member of the Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, who attended the first meeting, wrote to all the churches in Crystal Lake. Nine responded and eight of those became the founding members of the Crystal Lake Food Pantry. The founding members were 8 churches: Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian, St Mary's Episcopal , First Baptist, United Methodist, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, First Congregational, Bethany Lutheran and Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Crystal Lake Food Pantry now has over 20 sponsoring churches. We were incorporated with the help of local attorney John Simco, on April 4, 1983.
Government food supplies, commodities such as peanut butter, evaporated milk, mashed potatoes and beef stew were picked up where they were available. Pick up locations included: McHenry, Dixon, Carol Steam and Woodstock. Initially, we distributed the government commodities only to families who were referred to us because we did not have space to stockpile large quantities. Today, any person who meets government guidelines may pick up commodity foods. Today, the Crystal Lake Food Pantry is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of over 20 representatives of Crystal Lake Churches. This board directs its energy solely to doing the best job possible in order to gather and distribute the resources needed to meet the needs of the hungry in our community. |
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