Illinois Valley Food Pantry

Illinois Valley Food Pantry recently partnered with the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation to create a fund to finance its transition to its new home in Peru. The non-endowed agency fund with SRCCF will support the Food Pantry’s operations and its move to the former Hoover Manufacturing building at 4133 Progress Blvd., Peru.

About the fund

Illinois Valley Food Pantry

Illinois Valley Food Pantry recently partnered with the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation to create a fund to finance its transition to its new home in Peru. The non-endowed agency fund with SRCCF will support the Food Pantry’s operations and its move to the former Hoover Manufacturing building at 4133 Progress Blvd., Peru.

Type of fund

Agency Fund

Local demand for food continues to surge. In the 2023-24 fiscal year alone, the pantry served over 13,000 individuals and 5,500 families. Currently it serves an average of 750 LaSalle County families a month.

Since 1982, it has aided individuals facing crisis such as unemployment, insufficient income, depleted food stamps, and lack of resources due to sickness or old age.

Photo: IV Food Pantry Board President Pete Lawniczak, right, checks in a recipient while joined by board members Dr. Rose Marie Lynch and Gene Vogelgesang. 
Photo: Employee Roy Greening and volunteer Lydia Kriewald pack boxes for distribution recently at the Illinois Valley Food Pantry in downtown LaSalle. The pantry recently partnered with Starved Rock Country Community Foundation to create a fund to finance its move to a new home on Progress Boulevard in Peru.
“Illinois Valley Food Pantry is renowned for its resourcefulness in feeding hundreds of families every month,” said SRCCF President Fran Brolley. “We are humbled to play a small role in their noble mission.”