CAPCIL to open Food Pantry Co-Op January 3rd

[December 29, 2017] 

LINCOLN

CAPCIL’s New Food Pantry CO-OP announces Grand Opening for Wednesday January 3rd, at 9 a.m.

CAPCIL’s Logan County Food Pantry CO-OP will begin offering customers work/class hours in exchange for shopping trips through the CO-OP store. Over the past 3 years CAPCIL has been transitioning its services from “handouts” to “hand-ups” to better help their customers successfully become free from poverty. Logan County follows CAPCIL’s DeWitt County location after their successful launch of the CO-OP in September. The CO-OP in Clinton has gained over 85 members in the past 3 months, and CAPCIL expects the same level of success to occur in their Lincoln location. CAPCIL is currently registering participants for orientation, the first of which will be on Friday December 29th at 10 a.m. The first shopping day will be Wednesday the 3rd and participants must have already attended orientation to shop.

A two-hour shift at the CO-OP will earn participants a point-based shopping trip (valued around $85) through the pantry store. CAPCIL has a variety of work opportunities that should work for most people, regardless of physical condition. Customers can also earn hours by participating in CAPCIL’s self-sufficiency classes that are held throughout the year. The concept of Food Instability vs. Food Insecurity will be taught among participants of the Food Pantry Co-Op as this aligns with the self-sufficiency mission of CAPCIL. Emergency food assistance will be available twice a year.

4 Corners Lube is hosting a food drive to prepare for the grand opening. They are accepting donations of canned goods. 4 Corners is located at 1101 Woodlawn Rd, Lincoln, IL 62656 and are open from 8 am – 6 pm, Monday through Friday, and 8 am -1 pm on Saturday. Individuals wishing to donate perishable/frozen food may do so at the CAPCIL Corporate Office at 1800 5th Street in Lincoln.

The grand opening will offer individuals the chance to sign up for CO-OP services as well as provide information to those who would like to support the CO-OP with additional resources. For more information please visit our website at www.capcil.info/food-pantry-co-op or contact Food Pantry CO-OP coordinator Craig Farnam at 217-732-2159    [e-mail].

It is the mission of CAPCIL, in partnership with communities in our service area, to empower persons with low income and the aged by creating and implementing poverty-fighting initiatives for those in crisis and those that endeavor a life of lasting independence.

[Katie (Alexander) Dalpoas
Director of Agency Development
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois]