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Food Depository aids
Iowa flood relief

Tune into our newest podcast to hear an interview with three Greater Chicago Food Depository staff members who helped during the recent Iowa flood relief efforts.
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Demand increases as food prices soar

Many working families are forced to make choices between paying for fuel and utilities and paying for groceries, considering food prices were 4.4 percent higher in May 2008 than in May 2007.
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 One agency's story

Working poor face
food insecurity
Sixty-one percent of “working poor” individuals and families faced food insecurity during the previous year, according to a new study by the
Greater Chicago Food Depository and the University of Chicago Survey Lab.
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Depository online

Find out who we are, get a glimpse at what we do and see where the food ends up. But more importantly, learn how you can get involved in helping end hunger in our community.
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