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 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.
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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 cfarnam@capcil.org.
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] |
