Use the Find Food Map to find places in your community offering free food or meals. You can also find stores and markets that accept SNAP/LINK or WIC. Plus, see the DHS or WIC offices and meal programs for children and older adults nearest to you by searching your zip code or city. Click on the graphic or go to FindFoodIL.org to access the map from University of Illinois Extension.

Looking for opportunities to help your neighbors? Pantries in our area can use donated funds to purchase food at steep discounts compared to your purchases at the market. If it is time you have to offer, they need more volunteers! Use the map at left to find a pantry near you to help, or assist with these local organizations serving the 49th:

Neighborhood Food Pantries
Donate | Volunteer

People’s Resource Center
Donate | Volunteer

Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry & Clothes Closet
Donate | Volunteer

Wayne Township Food Pantry
Donate | Volunteer


Maura’s constituents have the opportunity to learn first-hand why Chicago’s museums, zoos, gardens, and aquarium attract millions of visitors from across the world. These remarkable institutions offer visitors priceless opportunities to explore and enjoy the arts, sciences, nature, and culture. Plan your museum day HERE.


State Representative Maura Hirschauer
State Representative Maura Hirschauer1 day ago
The Holiday Season may be over, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop the season of giving. During National Blood Donor Month, we’d like to encourage all who are able to consider donating blood, and to thank all of those who already have! Winter marks a time of fewer donations to blood banks, please visit a blood bank near you.