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IL-EATS provides ‘home-cooked’ goodness for Illinois veterans at The Joseph Center

July 4, 2025

The journey home for some military veterans isn’t without its own battles. The Joseph Center in East St. Louis fills the gap, providing transitional housing and supportive services for nearly 125 veterans each year. Now, the center has a new...

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Local food, lasting dignity: IL-EATS fuels Collinsville pantry’s mission

June 12, 2025

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As a child, Stacy Jones stood in line at a food pantry with her grandmother.“I know what it’s like to be hungry and to have to ask for food,” she says. Now she’s ensuring the people standing in the Collinsville Food Pantry line are treated with...

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Two Rivers Head Start Agency: ‘There is hope and there is help’

May 28, 2025

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The families picking up food at the Two Rivers Head Start Agency food pantry in Aurora Friday morning were diverse in all ways except one; none expected to be where they find themselves today, needing assistance to feed their family. Luke, 44, whose wife...

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IL-EATS provides ‘home-cooked’ goodness for Illinois veterans at The Joseph Center

Local food, lasting dignity: IL-EATS fuels Collinsville pantry’s mission

Two Rivers Head Start Agency: ‘There is hope and there is help’