The West Garfield Park neighborhood has a serious food insecurity problem – and it is only getting worse. And as CBS 2’s Steven Graves reported Monday, free food is going in minutes at giveaways.
— The West Garfield Park neighborhood has a serious food insecurity problem – and it is only getting worse.
Michelle Miller was out Monday picking up fresh free food in West Garfield Park for her three kids – ages 9, 7 and 6. She says two bags will likely only last three or four days.She was lucky to even get food Monday. Just a few minutes into the giveaway – held Monday on Pulaski Road just north of the Eisenhower Expressway – most bags were gone.
Thirty minutes in all is how long it took Rush University Medical staff and other organizations to feed dozens of families.“We need better things around,” Nelson said. “We need more help.”Help is needed in particular in West Garfield Park, which is considered a food desert. And last fall, a nearby decades-old Aldi at 3835 W. Madison St. closed after declining sales. But there is hope in the community as now, the city is looking to purchase the Aldi building for a new potential grocer.Freemon is one of many people who are pushing the city to find a long-term, dependable replacement, because it’s a true matter of life and death.
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