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Supporting the CBS Food Pantry

You can make a secure online donation to the CBS Food Pantry through Network for Good, powered by GuideStar.

​You may also donate by Zelle to cbsfoodpantry@gmail.com.

If you prefer to mail us a donation, please make your check payable to "CBS Food Pantry" and send it to us at 1937 S. 50th Avenue, Cicero IL 60804
Your donations make a difference.

In just 12 months, CBS Food Pantry distributed over 187,000 pounds of food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository.  

Want to host a food drive at your business or organization? We can Help!

It's easier than you think! Give us a call at (708) 863-4913, email cbsfoodpantry@gmail.com, or fill out our contact page​, and we can help get you started.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
  • Ask a local grocery store if you can setup a drive at the store. Have friends give out information about the collection as people go in. On the way out, collect the donations.
  • Setup a competition between grades or homerooms in your school to see who can collect the most food. 
  • Have a pajama/dress down day. Set a goal like, if half of the students/workers bring in food, you get to dress down.
  • Got an event coming up? Holiday party or concert? Big basketball game? Make a food item the price of admission.
  • Create a raffle and get great prizes donated. Price of a raffle ticket? An item of food!
  • Have a lemonade or hot chocolate stand (depending on the season). Pick a good location and get people to work it. 
  • Advertise it with posters a few days before, like, “Want some lemonade/hot cocoa? It’ll cost you a can of food!”
  • Pick a weekend day and have groups of friends compete to see how much food they can collect in their neighborhood in 2 hours. You’ll canvas your whole town in no time and probably get a good work-out too.
  • Make a theme for each day of the week and tell people to bring in cans that fit the theme, like Protein Monday or Carb Friday.
  • Offer to help neighbors with yard work in exchange for food donations.
  • Do you have any other ideas? Please share your ideas with us!